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Law Practice

Apr. 7, 2015

Wrap-up of the latest anti-SLAPP decisions

Over the past year, state trial courts decided hundreds of anti-SLAPP motions and appellate courts have issued over 30 published opinions on the statute. Here are some key developments. By Thomas R. Burke


By Thomas R. Burke


Every litigator in California knows by now that the state's anti-SLAPP statute - Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16 et seq. - is a workhorse routinely used to dismiss a broad spectrum of legal claims. In 2014, California's trial courts decided literally hundreds of anti-SLAPP motions and the state's appellate courts and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued over 30 published opinions interpreting the statute. Below are ke...

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