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DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber deploy subpoenas to squash advocacy, press
Are you a reporter who includes the voices of advocates in your coverage? Are you a non-profit advocacy organization, a lobbyist, or anyone else who seeks to
Just four years ago, New York State enacted one of the strongest anti-SLAPP laws in the nation, preventing the use of court system to burden opponents with legal defense costs in order to discourage those who may wish to speak out. The law was put in place following a New York City Council hearing called as the media broke stories about the third-party delivery marketplace’s abusive relationship with restaurants. We’re not part of the lawsuit they’ve filed in federal court to overturn the fee cap, but that hasn’t stopped them from issuing us subpoenas that seek our communications with reporters, our members, and even privileged discussions with our lawyer.
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