Wright Development Group LLC v. Walsh

WRIGHT DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC v. WALSH  |  No. 08-2783  |  Ill. Mar. 3, 2010  |  The Cyberlaw Clinic prepared this amicus brief (pdf) with support from local counsel at Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago, and it was submitted to the Illinois Supreme Court on behalf of Citizen Media Law Project, joined by Public Participation Project, Online News Association, and Chicago Current.  Amici urged the court to reject narrow interpretations of the state’s anti-SLAPP statute, known as the Citizen Participation Act.  The Court’s decision closely followed reasoning set forth in the Clinic’s brief.