# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Free Speech, the First Amendment & Michigan's New Anti-SLAPP LAW 
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Free Speech, the First Amendment & Michigan’s New Anti-SLAPP Law

What happens when corporations, wealthy individuals, or public officials file a baseless lawsuit to intimidate people from exercising their constitutional right to speak out on matters of public importance? Join civil rights attorney and University of Michigan Law Professor Michael J. Steinberg for an accessible conversation about free speech, the First Amendment, and Michigan’s new anti-SLAPP law. Steinberg will explain what SLAPP lawsuits are, how Michigan’s new law is designed to protect people speaking on matters of public concern, and what these issues mean for free expression and civic participation.

Speaker Bio:

Michael J. Steinberg is a Professor from Practice at the University of Michigan Law School and founding director of its Civil Rights Litigation Initiative. Before joining Michigan Law, he served for 22 years as legal director of the ACLU of Michigan, overseeing the organization’s litigation statewide. He has litigated dozens of significant civil rights and civil liberties cases involving freedom of speech and expression, voting rights, racial justice, religious freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, and other constitutional issues. Six cases on which he worked were decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/northport/free-speech-the-first-amendment-and-michigans-new-anti-slapp-law/200030732736414
- **Event Categories**: lgbt-pride
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 14

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Northport
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 119 E Nagonaba St, PO Box 235, 49670
- **lat**: 45.13013
- **long**: -85.61452
- **full address**: 119 E Nagonaba St, PO Box 235, 49670, 119 E Nagonaba St, Northport, MI 49670-5017, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Free Speech, the First Amendment & Michigan's New Anti-SLAPP LAW  being held?
  - **A:** Free Speech, the First Amendment & Michigan's New Anti-SLAPP LAW  takes place on Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Mon, 19 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm at 119 E Nagonaba St, PO Box 235, 49670, 119 E Nagonaba St, Northport, MI 49670-5017, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Free Speech, the First Amendment & Michigan's New Anti-SLAPP LAW ?
  - **A:** Free Speech, the First Amendment & Michigan's New Anti-SLAPP LAW  is organized by Leelanau Township Library.

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