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Municipal Lawyers

Dec. 6, 2012

Manuela Albuquerque

Williams & Sorsensen LLP Oakland Specialties: complex public litigation and projects


Albuquerque has proven that the state's anti-SLAPP statute packs a wallop.


At issue was a case filed by the city of Alameda's former fire chief, David Kapler, who resigned in November 2010, rather than be fired, when he was caught on camera gassing up his BMW sports car at the city's fire station gas pump. Kapler v. City of Alameda, A133001 (Cal. App. 1st Dist. Sept. 6, 2012).


He subsequently sued the city and three city officials on ...

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