Judge calls loggers' SLAPP suit "embarrassing"

"Australian forestry giant Gunns has suffered a major setback in its $A6.3 million SLAPP suit against 20 environmentalists and environmental groups. Last December Gunns filed a 216-page statement of claim against the environmentalists and then, earlier this month, submitted a redrafted 360-page version. Supreme Court Justice Bernard Bongiorno told the company that unless it submitted a 'radically altered' version of its claim within 28 days the case would be struck out. He described aspects of Gunns revised claim as 'embarrassing' ..."
Source: Center for Media and Democracy