Be Careful Who You Slapp

By Mary E. Day and Michelangelo Delfino

The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America guarantees its citizens freedom of speech. This book is an extraordinary, true-life account of two law-abiding gadflies who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972514104
• ISBN13: 9780972514101
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Mobeta Pub
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

In Search of Excellence

Discrimination in the work-place is unfortunately not a new phenomenan, but this most revealing book raises it to a new level. In "Be Careful Who You SLAPP" the authors detail a highly-visible California court case using testimony to demonstrate an unabashed misuse of stockholder resources by an unscrupulous mix of rich white executives. Blatantly disregarding company policies, the corporate evil-doers go so far as to use hidden surveillance cameras to watch their employees and customers go to the bathroom. I kid you not! Notwithstanding a mountain of evidence, the authors portray our failed legal system as unable or perhaps unwilling to stop Varian and corrupt billion dollar companies like them from abusing the civil liberties of America's common folk. The case is still pending and so the verdict awaits us all.

A Serious Book!

This first book ever by SLAPP defendants is proof positive that this type of lawsuit is perhaps the most insidious threat to civil liberties democracies face. Without a doubt this is an important and serious work that should be in every library. Read it!

SLAPP, domestic terrorism in America

I'm no lawyer but if this book is truly representative of the goings on in today's American courts then we are in serious trouble. Delfino and Day are two scientists who do an extraordinary job of showing how a SLAPP, a civil lawsuit brought on by a rich corporation trying to hide its dirty laundry can easily destroy an American family. Their true life story is a tragedy for all concerned yet Delfino and Day bring several outrageously dysfunctional characters to life and create moments of laughter throughout that makes it an easy read. Each of 14 chapters is cleverly named and appropriately ascribed to a particular aspect of the case some of course more interesting than others but always well documented.SLAPP You SILLY, may favorite chapter, replays how another Jew turned Christian judge, turned what was supposed to be a jury trial into something out of the Spanish Inquisition hoping it seems that Delfino and Day would violate his illegal court order against further whistleblowing and land themselves in jail for contempt. The book ends with Delfino and Day whose very lives have been threatened still awaiting an appellate court decision that is certain to eventually make law that should protect us all from having to relive their SLAPP suit experience. You heard it here first: don't be surprised if this book is made into a dark comedy with Vince D'Onofrio playing the Varian executive with the gastrointestinal problem.

Court testimony, meticulous accounting & pride

SLAPP is an acronym that stands for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Be Careful Who You SLAPP is the true-life story of Michelangelo Delfino and Mary E. Day, two people who resisted the unjust lawsuit that Varian (a Fortune 500 company), brought against its critics for the personal gain of the corporate executives. Court testimony, meticulous accounting, pride, determination, and a strong test of wills comprise this involving read. SLAPP lawsuits have become a standard tool in a business or corporation's attempts to silence public and consumer criticism and perpetuate unethical (and even criminal) corporate behavior. Be Careful Who You SLAPP is a timely contribution to what has become an increasingly oppressive social issue.

Heard about it on KKUP radio

Ordinarily I avoid books from small press but this casebound book from MoBeta is real quality. But what turned me on more than anything is the tomato red dust jacket with the four pictures on the back. The sheer audacity of the authors to display photographs of the major "terrorists" with the word "Guilty!" atop and below each picture is eye catching. With your mouth hanging open you ask yourself, "Man, can they do that?"The answer has got to be yes because I got the book in front of me. Besides the authors make a great argument for their case with some of the most outrageous behavior I have ever heard going on in, you guessed it, a California corporation. It is no wonder the company tried to censor the authors even before their book was published.There is no doubt that this book is hard to put down once you get past the first chapter and is definitely recommended.