# Nebraska — Anti-SLAPP special motion deadlines, fee-shifting and discovery stay by state

For Nebraska, statute is Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-21,241 to 25-21,246, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Nebraska _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Attorney's fees for the prevailing party:** A defendant in an action involving public petition and participation may maintain an action, claim, cross-claim, or counterclaim to recover damages, including costs and attorney's fees, from any person who commenced or continued such action. Costs and attorney's fees may be recovered upon a demonstration that the action involving public petition and participation was commenced or continued without a substantial basis in fact and law and could not be supported by a substantial argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law. _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-21,241 to 25-21,246 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> A defendant in an action involving public petition and participation may maintain an action, claim, cross-claim, or counterclaim to recover damages, including costs and attorney's fees, from any person who commenced or continued such action. Costs and attorney's fees may be recovered upon a demonstration that the action involving public petition and participation was commenced or continued without a substantial basis in fact and law and could not be supported by a substantial argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Attorney's fees for the prevailing party

> A defendant in an action involving public petition and participation may maintain an action, claim, cross-claim, or counterclaim to recover damages, including costs and attorney's fees, from any person who commenced or continued such action. Costs and attorney's fees may be recovered upon a demonstration that the action involving public petition and participation was commenced or continued without a substantial basis in fact and law and could not be supported by a substantial argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.

## Source

- https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-21,243
- https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-21,245

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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