We offer significant experience in defending against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ("SLAPPs"). A SLAPP is a lawsuit in which citizens activists or organizations are targeted by polluters or developers for exercising their free speech and petition rights; a SLAPP typically asserts claims such as libel and tortious interference with business relations. Our experience in defending citizens against SLAPPs includes the successful representation of citizens in Ohio and West Virginia sued by the owner of a controversial hazardous waster incineration facility. It also includes the defense of national environmental groups against a case filed by an organization of coal-burning electric utilities.