On February 2, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia decided 3m Co. v. Boulter, No. 11-CV-1527, Slip Op. (D.D.C. Feb. 2, 2012). The District Court’s opinion considered, inter alia, whether the District of Columbia’s recently enacted Anti-SLAPP Act applies to a federal court sitting in diversity jurisdiction, an issue of first impression.
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On January 26, 2012, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals decided Companhia Brasileira Carbureto de Calcio v. Applied Industrial Materials Corp., No. 11-SP-500, Slip Op. (D.C. Jan. 26, 2012). In that case, the Court of Appeals considered the following question on certification by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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On January 19, 2012, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals decided In re Access to Jury Questionnaires, No. 10-SP-1612, Slip. Op. (D.C. Jan. 19, 2012). In that case, the Court of Appeals considered an appeal by The Washington Post (“The Post”) of a trial court order denying a request by The Post and other media
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