When Edward Dienhart went to village board meetings and complainedabout sewer work done at his home, he didn't expect to wind up facinga $1 million defamation suit filed by the developer who built thehouse.
But the Oswego man soon found he wasn't alone.
Slander suits against people who criticize developers or companiesat public meetings, though rare in Illinois, are so common elsewerethat 14 states have passed laws discouraging them.
Two Colorado law professors even coined a term for such suits:SLAPP, or Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.
"Developers, in particular, are very frequent SLAPP filers," saidPenelope Canan, a professor at the …
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