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California Supreme Court

Aug. 3, 2016

State high court favors stronger anti-SLAPP protections in ruling

Plaintiffs cannot rely on "artful pleading" to avoid a California law enacted to protect defendants' free speech rights and discourage meritless lawsuits, the state Supreme Court unanimously held Monday.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Plaintiffs cannot rely on "artful pleading" to avoid a California law enacted to protect defendants' free speech rights and discourage meritless lawsuits, the state Supreme Court unanimously held Monday.

Judges have been grappling with how to apply the anti-SLAPP, or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, statute, which was passed by state lawmakers in 1992 to weed out questionable allega...

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