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Litigation

Jan. 17, 2003

Anti-SLAPP Motion Used in Abuse Suit

SAN FRANCISCO - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation finally have entered the bedroom. Using a law enacted a decade ago to help whistle-blowers fend off corporate litigation aimed at silencing them, a San Mateo woman has become the first to apply California's anti-SLAPP statute to a romance gone sour.

        SAN FRANCISCO - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation finally have entered the bedroom.
        Using a law enacted a decade ago to help whistle-blowers fend off corporate litigation aimed at silencing them, a San Mateo woman has become the first to apply California's anti-SLAPP statute to a romance gone sour.
        In an unpublish...

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