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Depp-Heard case throws spotlight on the limits of anti-SLAPP laws

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Virginia, where the defamation case is being heard, is one of more than 30 states that have passed laws meant to protect defendants against frivolous libel suits that advocates say aim to suppress free speech. Featuring Nicole Ligon, of Duke Law School, Leslie Machado, of 'O'Hagan Meyer, and Evan Mascagni of the Public Participation Project.