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SLAPP’d Episode 6 | The SLAPP Heard ‘Round the World

Drilled • Season 12 Episode 6

SLAPP’d Episode 6 | The SLAPP Heard ‘Round the World

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Litigation and Law Firms

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The verdict comes through, more than doubling the damages, at a time when repression of protest is accelerating in the U.S., but somehow Energy Transfer's lawyers claim it is a victory for free speech. As the trial and our season wrap up, we take a look at what this verdict means for Indigenous rights, climate activists, and the decline of individual free speech rights in the U.S. as corporate free speech rights expand.

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