Perspective
Jun. 4, 2010
California Supreme Court Clarifies Anti-SLAPP Statute
Damon Rubin says a recent California Supreme Court case will guide attorneys and courts in applying the commercial speech exemption to the anti-SLAPP law.
On May 17, the California Supreme Court decided Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. v. Gore, 2010 WL 1948283 (2010), a seminal case addressing the burden of proof and scope of the commercial speech exemption to California's anti-strategic lawsuit against public participation (anti-SLAPP) law.
In 1992, the Legislature enacted Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP law, to authorize the filing of a special mot...
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