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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Modern Lawfare: How Oligarchs use courts to silence their enemies
Description: Russian Oligarchs routinely use a process in English courts to silence their critics. It’s called Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation or SLAPPs for short. David Hooper is a veteran lawyer and author of Buying Silence How oligarchs, corporations and plutocrats use the law to gag their critics. He’s no stranger to this expensive process and says it makes it too easy for billionaires to launder their reputation. He joins Ros Taylor in The Bunker.https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/buying-silenceÂ
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