Program Details
2026-06-26 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-06-26 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm ESTTraces anti-SLAPP protection from Washington’s limited 1989 law and California’s broad 1992 statute through constitutional challenges in Davis v. Cox and Leiendecker v. Asian Women United of Minnesota, then to the Uniform Law Commission’s drive for a single, durable statute in UPEPA.
Jay D. Adkisson
Caesar Kalinowski IV
Laura Lee Prather 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm ESTTests the complaint against UPEPA’s scope, drafts the warning letter to plaintiff, required in Washington and advisable everywhere and coordinates ancillary filings including the answer, Rule 11 sanctions, service, and other timing considerations before the special motion is filed.
Jay D. AdkissonCaesar Kalinowski IVLaura Lee Prather 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm ESTBrings and opposes the motion through Prong One’s initial burden on protected expression and Prong Two’s prima facie response, then weighs the evidence considered under Rule 12 and Rule 56 as the burden shifts back to the movant, with the mandatory fee request preserved throughout.
Jay D. AdkissonCaesar Kalinowski IVLaura Lee Prather 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm ESTMaps the automatic stay over discovery, appeal, and proceedings involving other parties, sets hearing and ruling deadlines including the effect of a nonsuit and of missed deadlines, and pursues costs, expenses, and fees along with the sanctions and damages some states allow.
Jay D. AdkissonCaesar Kalinowski IVLaura Lee Prather 2:40 pm - 3:10 pm ESTReviews significant decisions including Jha v. Khan, Davenport Extreme Pools & Spas v. Mulflur, Paucek v. Shaulis, Aston v. Chronicle-Progress, Lichfield v. Kubler, and Mackey v. Krause, flags cases to watch such as Cook v. Trimble, and assesses new constitutional challenges and federal-court application.
Jay D. AdkissonCaesar Kalinowski IVLaura Lee PratherJay Adkisson is a Managing Partner of Adkisson Pitet LLP whose practice covers creditor-debtor litigation, asset protection and wealth preservation, captive insurance companies and insurance and reinsurance litigation, and anti-SLAPP litigation. He served as an ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission drafting committee for the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act and is the author, with Carl A. Berthold Jr., of Anti-SLAPP Law Modernized: The Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), a phrase-by-phrase examination of the statute. He has twice been an expert witness to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, contributes to Forbes.com on wealth preservation, and has lectured to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service on judgment enforcement issues.
Caesar Kalinowski IV takes an expansive view of his clients’ First Amendment and intellectual property rights, regularly litigating cases involving freedom of expression, civil rights, copyright, trademark, and government regulation of technological advances. He also advises media and tech companies during production of creative content and news articles, with expertise in national security issues drawn from multiple special operations tours overseas with the United States Marine Corps and the intelligence services.
Recognized nationally and internationally as a fearless freedom of expression advocate, Laura Lee Prather was awarded The American Lawyer’s inaugural Tony Mauro Media Lawyer Award for her efforts advocating for legislation to strengthen First Amendment rights, including advocacy for free speech rights at the statehouse and the courthouse. Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law, Laura represents content providers including online and traditional publications, cable and terrestrial broadcasters, streaming media platforms, podcasts, production companies, and music and sports entities at the trial and appellate court level in First Amendment, anti-SLAPP, and intellectual property disputes.
Jay Adkisson is a Managing Partner of Adkisson Pitet LLP whose practice covers creditor-debtor litigation, asset protection and wealth preservation, captive insurance companies and insurance and reinsurance litigation, and anti-SLAPP litigation. He served as an ABA Advisor to the Uniform Law Commission drafting committee for the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act and is the author, with Carl A. Berthold Jr., of Anti-SLAPP Law Modernized: The Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), a phrase-by-phrase examination of the statute. He has twice been an expert witness to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, contributes to Forbes.com on wealth preservation, and has lectured to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service on judgment enforcement issues.
Caesar Kalinowski IV takes an expansive view of his clients’ First Amendment and intellectual property rights, regularly litigating cases involving freedom of expression, civil rights, copyright, trademark, and government regulation of technological advances. He also advises media and tech companies during production of creative content and news articles, with expertise in national security issues drawn from multiple special operations tours overseas with the United States Marine Corps and the intelligence services.
Recognized nationally and internationally as a fearless freedom of expression advocate, Laura Lee Prather was awarded The American Lawyer’s inaugural Tony Mauro Media Lawyer Award for her efforts advocating for legislation to strengthen First Amendment rights, including advocacy for free speech rights at the statehouse and the courthouse. Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law, Laura represents content providers including online and traditional publications, cable and terrestrial broadcasters, streaming media platforms, podcasts, production companies, and music and sports entities at the trial and appellate court level in First Amendment, anti-SLAPP, and intellectual property disputes.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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