Fighting SLAPPs, Protecting the First Amendment
Whether or not a pre-litigation demand letter is extortionate as a matter of law has been a hot topic in anti-SLAPP litigation over the past ten years.
In 2006, the Supreme Court held that the anti-SLAPP law does not apply
… Read the restUPDATE: On August 13, 2014, the California Supreme Court unanimously voted to grant a petition for review in this case, to address the following issue: “Did votes by city officials to approve a contract constitute conduct protected under Code of
… Read the restLate last month, the Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Three, ruled in CalPERS v. Moody’s that Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service Inc. (S&P and Moody’s) must face the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) $1 billion
… Read the restEvan Mascagni and Mark Goldowitz
In D’Arrigo Bros. of California v. United Farmworkers of America, D’Arrigo sued UFW for breach of contract. UFW moved to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP law, but the trial court denied the motion.
… Read the restOn Friday Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Andrew Hurwitz issued an opinion in Obsidian Finance Group, LLC. v. Cox. His opening line was as follows:
“This case requires us to address a question of first impression: What First
… Read the restThe Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division 2, issued a published opinion last week in Mission Springs Water District v. Verjil reversing its earlier rule denying the applicability of the anti-SLAPP law to … Read the rest
In Liberty Synergistics Inc. v. Microflo Ltd., … Read the rest