Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jun. 15, 2022
Effort to hobble California’s anti-SLAPP law gets sour 9th Circuit reception
The article involves a private prison company that was accused in Forbes of helping the Trump administration separate migrants from their children.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel appeared dubious Tuesday of an argument by private prison company CoreCivic Inc. that California’s anti-SLAPP law does not apply in its complaint in federal court.
Elizabeth M. Locke, a partner with Clare Locke P.C., argued that the state statute — which allows defendants to move quickly to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation — is barred by a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision. Sh...
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