Anti-SLAPP

Sanctions Are Issued Where Court Determines That Special Motion To Strike Was Filed For Improper Purpose

by David J. McMahon | Barger & Wolen on 5/15/2013

In Kleveland v. Siegel & Wolensky LLP, 2013 DAR 4961(2013) the California Courts of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District affirmed the denial of a special motion to strike and the award of costs and attorney fees as...more

Ninth Circuit Raises the Stakes in California Anti-SLAPP Motions

by Robert A. Bleicher | Carr, McClellan, Ingersoll, Thompson & Horn -... on 4/30/2013

On April 17, 2013, the Ninth Circuit issued an important anti-SLAPP decision in Makaeff v. Trump University, LLC, No. 11-55016 that raises the bar for parties seeking to defeat a California anti-SLAPP motion in District...more

Kozinski Concurrence Questions Anti-SLAPP Application

by Brooks Pierce on 4/29/2013

We wrote recently about Sherrod v. Breitbart and O’Connor, the case argued last month in the D.C. Circuit that asks the Court to decide, among other questions, whether the District of Columbia’s anti-SLAPP statute should be...more

City May Not Use “Anti-SLAPP” Motion to Dismiss Claim That City Employee Falsely Told Potential Tenants That Property Owner Was...

by Jon E. Goetz, Jeffrey L. Massey | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 4/24/2013

Property owners often bristle at statements that local government staff make to prospective tenants or purchasers of their property, concerned that they will be scared away by overly harsh or inaccurate speech. When those...more

Sexual Assault Victim’s Motion To Strike Supervisor’s Defamation Claim Was Properly Granted

by Anthony Oncidi | Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/27/2013

Lisa Aber sued her employer and two co-employees (Michael Comstock, Aber’s supervisor, and James Cioppa) for sexual harassment and sexual battery, among other things. Comstock filed a cross-complaint against Aber in which he...more

IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- March 7, 2013

by Jonathan Zavin | Loeb & Loeb LLP on 3/8/2013

In This Issue: - Wild v. NBC Universal: Ninth Circuit affirms dismissal of copyright infringement claim without leave to amend, finding no substantial similarity between plaintiff’s graphic novel and NBC’s...more

Donald Trump Sues Bill Maher for Monkeying Around on Late-Night Talk Show

by Dan Nabel | Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger... on 2/21/2013

Here at Law Law Land, there are a few pearls of wisdom we like to repeat — perhaps to a fault — just because they are so helpful and right. Copyright law doesn’t protect ideas, only the expressions of ideas. Being legally...more

Is It Prejudgment Or Postjudgment Interest? The Conclusion Can Make A Difference

by David J. McMahon | Barger & Wolen on 2/20/2013

In Lucky United Properties Investments Inc. v. Lee, 2013 DAR 1614 (2013), the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District decided when interest begins to accrue on an award of prejudgment interest in the...more

Sexual Harassment Complaints Are Subject To Anti-SLAPP Motions To Strike

by Jacquelyn Ferry | Proskauer - California Employment Law on 2/15/2013

Plaintiff Lisa Aber sued her employer and two of its employees, alleging that the employees had sexually assaulted her. Michael Comstock, one of the employee defendants, filed a cross-complaint against Aber, alleging claims...more

California Court of Appeal Holds That a Private Conservator is a Public Official; Finds No Actual Malice Shown in Claim Based on...

by Thomas Burke, Jeff Glasser, Rochelle Wilcox | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/7/2013

A conservator appointed by the court to temporarily handle certain affairs of an elderly woman is a “public official” for purposes of defamation law who has to meet the “actual malice” standard to survive an anti-SLAPP...more

Most Popular Posts Of 2012

by Travis Crabtree | Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 12/28/2012

Yes, it’s the lazy way to do a post during the week before Christmas and New Year. In my next post, we will use this information to help predict the trends of legal issues for online media, marketing, internet law and...more

Labor Letter - September 2012

by Fisher & Phillips LLP on 9/5/2012

In This Issue: - When “Let’s Keep It Quiet” Is An Unfair Labor Practice By Ray Haley (Louisville): On July 30, 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a bad decision for any employer that expects...more

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