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Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court

Feb. 7, 2019

State high court mulls a challenge to anti-SLAPP law

Concerned with a slippery slope in anti-SLAPP law, several members of the state Supreme Court expressed interest Wednesday in better defining what terms like “public interest” and “public figure” mean in a legal context.

State high court mulls a challenge to anti-SLAPP law
State Supreme Court Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar

Concerned with a slippery slope in anti-SLAPP law, several members of the state Supreme Court expressed interest Wednesday in better defining what terms like "public interest" and "public figure" mean in a legal context.

The discussion came as part of argument in an appeal by FilmOn.com, an internet media company that claims the statue had been repeatedly misapplied in a case against authentication service provider DoubleVerify Inc....

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