This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Perspective

Aug. 3, 2013

VIDEO: Why California anti-SLAPP belongs in federal courts

Plaintiffs would be emboldened to forum shop were the 9th Circuit to reverse course after 14 years and refuse to apply the anti-SLAPP statute in diversity cases where the federal court. By Thomas R. Burke and Jeff Glasser


By Thomas R. Burke and Jeff Glasser


Plaintiffs' attorneys welcomed news that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering granting en banc review of whether California's anti-SLAPP statute (CCP Section 425.16) should remain available in federal court. See Makaeff, et al. v. Trump Univ., LLC, 715 F.3d 254 (9th Cir. 2013). However, it is vital that the statute remain available to litigants in federal court.


California's anti-SLA...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up