In the recent decision, of Lewis v. Kalbhen, 2025 IL App (1st) 242110, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, reaffirmed and meaningfully expanded the scope of the absolute litigation privilege ...

Effective December 1, 2025, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure added new Rule 16.1, “Multidistrict Litigation,” and amended ...

The litigation privilege protects parties and their lawyers from liability for statements they make not only at trial, but at all stages of litigation and in other quasi-judicial proceedings as well.

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When civil litigation turns ugly, it sometimes devolves into allegations of defamation not just between the parties, but against their lawyers as well. In light of the broad privilege cloaking ...

A: In California, there is a litigation privilege that protects communications from civil liability. These can include a variety of publications, from writings to verbal accusations. The privilege is ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where the circuit court held that Maryland’s common law litigation privilege barred claims brought by consumers alleging they were sued for monies they did not owe, it erred. CASE: ...

But in his October ruling, Hammock rejected the litigation privilege argument in Tacopina’s anti-SLAPP motion and said the attorney will remain a defendant in the case. Tacopina filed a notice of ...