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It’s a SLAPP!: Fox Petroli Targets Environmental Activists with €2 Million Lawsuit Over One Word

In June 2025, Italian energy company Fox Petroli S.p.A. launched a €2 million lawsuit against two local environmental defenders, accusing them of defamation for describing a former fuel storage site as “degraded” in an article they wrote for ImgPress. The CASE Coalition officially recognises the lawsuit as a SLAPP –…
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It’s a SLAPP!: The Price of Exposing Belgium’s Real Estate Injustices

In 2024, Joost Debucquoy, patriarch of one of Belgium’s richest families, initiated a €1.2 million SLAPP against volunteer-led non-profits  Samen Sterk! vzw (Together Strong! NPO) and Erfpacht vzw (Leasehold NPO), as well as  one of their directors. On 7th August 2025, the CASE Coalition officially recognised the lawsuit as a…
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CASE and ECPMF launch EU anti-SLAPP Monitor

The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) and the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) are proud to announce the launch of the European Anti-SLAPP Monitor, an online platform designed to track the transposition and implementation of European standards on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) at…
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Organisations across Europe take part in actions against SLAPPs as Greenpeace International brings a groundbreaking legal case

2 July 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlands – In a first test case of Europe’s new legislation to protect freedom of expression and stop abusive lawsuits, Greenpeace International today challenges the US oil pipeline company Energy Transfer in court in the Netherlands. At the same time, 40 organisations across fifteen European countries…
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From the red carpet: The European SLAPP Contest 2025

What do the French Minister of Culture, a cosmetic surgery firm in the UK and oil giant Energy Transfer have in common? They have all been crowned for their commitment to using vexatious lawsuits to silence criticism in this year’s European SLAPP Contest 2025. On the evening of Tuesday 8…
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ENI Strikes Again: A Textbook Environmental SLAPP

On 7th October 2024, ENI, Italian oil giant and one of the world’s biggest climate polluters, filed a SLAPP against Greenpeace Italy, Greenpeace Netherlands, and ReCommon. Today, the CASE Coalition officially recognises the lawsuit as a SLAPP, intended to silence organisations exposing ENI’s role in the climate crisis. Through…
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