This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Jun. 29, 2012

Court lets law firm use anti-SLAPP law to dismiss suit against firm

A San Francisco appellate court granted Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP's motion to dismiss a suit against the firm under California's anti-SLAPP statute.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In October 2010, lawyers with Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP helped dozens of people win a $53 million settlement in a class action claiming a luxury destination club defrauded them into buying worthless memberships.


But two months later, a San Francisco attorney who had purchased a club membership sued the firm on behalf of his wife, accusing Kabateck of fraud, deceit, abuse of trust and other wro...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up