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Measuring the Impact of Anti-SLAPP Legislation on Monitoring and Enforcement
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Bevin Ashenmiller
and Catherine Shelley Norman
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November 3, 2011
Abstract
We examine changes in environmental monitoring and enforcement activity in the presence of state legislation prohibiting Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP laws). Using data on the Clean Air Act from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO database, we find evidence that state inspections increase by almost 50% after a state passes anti-SLAPP legislation. In addition, we find strong evidence that the ratio of findings of noncompliance to inspections more than doubles in the presence of anti-SLAPP legislation.
Published Online: 2011-11-3
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Keywords for this article
environment;
law;
enforcement and monitoring;
Clean Air Act
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