For the current issue of the San Antonio Lawyer, Justice Chapa has provided an update on 4th Court cases applying the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA) (Texas's anti-SLAPP statute). The cases concerned: (1) how the 2019 TCPA amendments apply when suit was filed before the amendments were effective, but after a new defendant is added to the suit after the amendments were effective, (Straub); (2) determining whether a TCPA motion is timely filed, (Sinkin & Barretto); and