Strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) refers to the practice of big companies using litigation to intimidate members of the public from attempting to criticise or oppose them.
Strategic lawsuits against public participation, commonly called SLAPP: lawsuit filed by a large organization to silence a less powerful critic by so burdening them with the cost of a legal defense that they abandon their criticism.
See also barratry, vexatious lawsuits.
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