{"id":147861,"date":"2026-04-02T21:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/02\/ny-judge-rules-mass-arbitrations-are-public-speech-dismisses-lawsuit-against-law-firms\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T21:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T05:57:45","slug":"ny-judge-rules-mass-arbitrations-are-public-speech-dismisses-lawsuit-against-law-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/02\/ny-judge-rules-mass-arbitrations-are-public-speech-dismisses-lawsuit-against-law-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Judge Rules Mass Arbitrations Are Public Speech, Dismisses Lawsuit Against Law Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a Tuesday ruling, New York Supreme Court Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond found that the mass arbitration campaign of Kind Law, based in Las Vegas, and San Diego&#8217;s Ben Travis Law, was public speech and protected from what she deemed was a SLAPP\u2014Strategic Lawsuit Against Public 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