Greenpeace International has recently filed a lawsuit in the Netherlands against U.S. pipeline company Energy Transfer. This legal move represents a countersuit in a case where Greenpeace claims it is facing an abusive $300 million lawsuit, set to go on trial in the United States later this month. The significance of this case lies in its potential to be the first test of the European Union’s new rules designed to shield civil society groups and journalists from abusive legal actions, also known as Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). This countersuit marks the first occasion where these rules are invoked in response to an allegedly meritless lawsuit filed outside of the European Union.
For a more detailed account, this evolving legal narrative can be further explored in the original article available here.