Should Shellee Hale Be Protected Under Press Sheild?

[softball]

New Jersey courts have not yet applied the malicious use of process claim to SLAPPs brought against bloggers or non-traditional journalists. Given the language the courts have used in describing the threat of SLAPPs to citizens' rights of petition and free speech, however, it seems entirely possible that the courts would be willing to extend the claim to these types of SLAPPs.

Could be a precedent....

http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-gui...law-new-jersey