Constitutional Law
Jan. 22, 2024
Landlord law firm accuses tenant rights advocates of libel and privacy invasion
The defense argued that comments -- some of them pornographic and referring to lawyers' family members -- were parody and protected by the First Amendment and the anti-SLAPP law.
PASADENA -- The founder and head of BASTA, an anti-eviction non-profit that demands jury trials for a majority of Los Angeles County unlawful detainer cases, testified Friday that he authorized a contractor to purchase the domain name dennisblock.com, which was used to redirect traffic from one of Los Angeles County's largest law firms representing landlords.
The plaintiff, Dennis P. Block, claims it was used to direct traffic to a fake Twitter account that mocked him and his ...