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Litigation

Mar. 10, 2007

"'Reality Bites in a SLAPP"

Forum Column - By David Aronoff - A recent anti-SLAPP decision regarding a movie about Generation Xers got it all wrong, writes a lawyer involved in the case.

FORUM COLUMN

By David Aronoff
     
      The California Court of Appeal's decision in Dyer v. Childress, 2007 DJDAR 2641 (Feb. 26), is inconsistent with recent California anti-SLAPP opinions and carries disturbing implications as to the reach of California's anti-SLAPP statute.
      In June 2005, plaintiff Troy Dyer filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Cour...

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