Civil Litigation
Nov. 9, 2011
Pick your side: the split of authority over anti-SLAPP
Courts debate over how the anti-SLAPP statute applies to certain claims against lawyers by their clients.
For the last eight years, there has been a split among California appellate courts over whether the anti-SLAPP statute applies to certain claims against lawyers by their clients.
As background, the anti-SLAPP (or strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute is a procedural device designed to discourage litigation brought to chill the valid exercise of a party's constitutional rights of speech or petition. A cause of action is subject to a special motion to strike if...
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