Perspective
Aug. 12, 2016
Anti-SLAPP ruling distinguishes individual action, public entity action
A recent California Supreme Court decision suggests that, in some cases, individual elected officials may assert the anti-SLAPP statute arising out of circumstances where the public entity might not be able to do so. By Gary Schons
Gary Schons
Of Counsel
Best Best & Krieger LLP
Public Law
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Email: gary.schons@bbklaw.com
U San Diego School of Law
Anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) is the powerful procedural mechanism, first enacted in 1992, to put an early end to lawsuits designed to chill a defendant's constitutional right to free speech and petition rights. Under this law, a defendant who is sued on a claim "arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person's right of petition or free speech" under the state or federal constitutions ...
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