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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

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

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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