Civil Litigation
Mar. 6, 2012
Anti-SLAPP motions — still appealing in federal court?
Over the past decade, defendants increasingly have invoked the anti-SLAPP statute in federal courts.
Andrew J. Thomas
Partner, Jenner & Block LLP
Phone: (213) 239-5100
Email: ajthomas@jenner.com
Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA
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Since the California Legislature enacted the anti-SLAPP statute 20 years ago, SLAPP motion practice has spread to most areas of state law. (SLAPP is an acronym for "strategic lawsuit against public participation.") California courts for the most part have turned aside attempts to limit the statute's reach, rejecting arguments that the law should apply only to suits by large companies against individuals, only to suits in which ...
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