California Makes Impersonation a Crime
Effective January 1, 2011, California joins Texas in making it a crime to impersonate someone on the Internet. Texas limited the statute to social websites, but California’s law is much broader. Here...
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A Primer on SLAPP Suits and Anti-SLAPP Motions
I routinely receive calls from parties and attorneys who have run afoul of California’s anti-SLAPP statute. It is clear that business people need to have at least a cursory understanding of what...
View ArticleA Recent Victory Illustrates anti-SLAPP Motion Application
A recent anti-SLAPP victory by our office serves to illustrate the application of the anti-SLAPP laws and how the process, that was meant to quickly dispose of SLAPP cases, can get so convoluted. The...
View ArticleCourts Expressing Frustration Over Automatic Right to Appeal SLAPP Rulings
The anti-SLAPP process was intended to provide a quick, hopefully inexpensive means by which defendants, who were being sued in an effort to silence their free speech or right of redress, could dispose...
View ArticleA Suggestion for the California Legislature
I had a relatively rare moment of brilliance today that may well cure many of the problems with the anti-SLAPP process. Here is how it came about. I was retained as an expert to opine on the...
View ArticleThe Good, The Bad, and The SLAPP Lawsuit: Don’t Sue For Speech Without...
I came across the following article by Darren Chaker who, according to the article, spent many years litigating a free speech case, apparently as the plaintiff. His article provides a nice summary of...
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An Employee’s Report to Human Resources is Protected by SLAPP Statute
Always remember when reviewing a complaint to see if it is a potential SLAPP that the anti-SLAPP statute is not only about speech, it includes the right of redress. Then, whenever you see that the...
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Washington Supreme Court Shoots Down Unconstitutional Anti-SLAPP Statute
The Washington legislature has learned that even a good idea can be taken too far. When Washington decided to enact an anti-SLAPP statute (it was greatly revised in 2010), it certainly had many states’...
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SLAPP017 – An Introduction to California SLAPP Law and Anti-SLAPP Motions
In Episode 17 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we go back to basics, with an introduction to the fundamental concepts behind California’s SLAPP Law and anti-SLAPP motions. The good news is that...
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