For the current issue of the San Antonio Lawyer, Justice Chapa has provided an update on 4th Court cases applying the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) (Texas's anti-SLAPP statute). The cases concerned: (1) how the 2019 TCPA amendments apply when suit was filed before the amendments were effective, but after a new defendant is added to the suit after the amendments were effective, (Straub); (2) determining whether a TCPA motion is timely filed, (Sinkin & Barretto); and (3) whether a motion for sanctions is a "legal action" subject to the TCPA (Gordon).
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(Also in this issue of the San Antonio Lawyer is a feature story on the 4th Court's former Chief Justice Catherine Stone (written by Sara Dysart, a former 4th Court briefing attorney)).
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