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NSA Spying – The New Electronic Frontier

October 16, 2026 The Truth News

NSA Spying – The New Electronic Frontier The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet surveillance of the domestic communications and…

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The call that changed it all

November 2, 2025 The Truth News

The call that changed it all On July 22, 2024, the California Supreme Court ruled in Downey v. City of Riverside (S280322) that a bystander could assert a claim for…

Anti-SLAPP and Free Speech in Defamation & Emotional Distress Cases

August 23, 2025 The Truth News

Anti-SLAPP and Free Speech in Defamation & Emotional Distress Cases Anti-SLAPP statutes are laws intended to curb – and, often, penalize – the filing of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation…

Doxing VS the First Amendment: U.S. and California Law

August 23, 2025 The Truth News

Doxing VS the First Amendment: U.S. and California Law YOUR IP ADDRESS IS: This is your computer Internet Protocol Address A locator that leads to your very machine! The freedoms…

Attorney Liability for Meritless Litigation Leading to Harm

August 19, 2025 The Truth News

Attorney Liability for Meritless Litigation Leading to Harm Attorneys can face liability for initiating or continuing meritless litigation that causes harm, potentially facing sanctions like fines, professional discipline, or being…

How Anti-SLAPP Laws Protect Your Right to Free Speech

August 18, 2025 The Truth News

How Anti-SLAPP Laws Protect Your Right to Free Speech The First Amendment protects freedom of speech. We are free to speak out on issues we care about without fear that…

Court tosses disbarred lawyer’s suit over newspaper article

August 17, 2025 The Truth News

Court tosses disbarred lawyer’s suit over newspaper article on his ethics case with a ‘crime’ header An appeals court in California has tossed a suit filed against the San Francisco…

Code of Civil Procedure – Section 425.16 California’s Anti-SLAPP Law

August 14, 2025 The Truth News

Code of Civil Procedure – Section 425.16 California’s Anti-SLAPP Law Code of Civil Procedure – Section 425.16. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there has been a disturbing increase…

Free Speech, the First Amendment, and Social Media

August 12, 2025 The Truth News

Free Speech, the First Amendment, and Social Media by John Bandler NOTE: This is my original article after the events of 1/6/2021 and is not updated regularly and does not…

Anti-SLAPP Law Cases – Case Law Summaries & Citings

August 7, 2025 The Truth News

2023–2025 Anti-SLAPP Update — Added October 2026 The alphabetical California Court of Appeal and Ninth Circuit lists below this section run through 2022. These are the published decisions since then…

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