Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suits) are meritless
lawsuits designed to punish parties for protected activities (the right to petition or free
speech). A party can move to strike a SLAPP suit by filing an anti-SLAPP motion.
(Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1
There is a two-prong test: the moving party must show the
lawsuit arises from its protected activiti... More...   $0 (05-27-2020 - CA)

While Michael Tilkey and his girlfriend Jacqueline Mann were visiting at her
home in Arizona, the two got into an argument. Tilkey decided to leave the apartment.
When he stepped out onto the enclosed patio to collect his cooler, Mann locked the door
behind him. Tilkey banged on the door to regain entry, and Mann called police. Police
arrested Tilkey and charged him under Arizona ... More...   $0 (04-24-2020 - CA)

A jury found that a hospital and medical group created a
hostile work environment and wrongfully discharged three
nurses based on their opposition to a supervisor’s harassment,
using a pretext that the nurses had abused a patient. The nurses
soon found new jobs, but a year later lost them when the State of
California filed criminal charges against them for the patient
abuse... More...   $0 (03-11-2020 - CA)

This case requires us to define the “public interest” in the
internet age. The issue arises in an anti-SLAPP motion: a
special motion to strike claims under Code of Civil Procedure
section 425.16. This statute can apply if the targeted claims
arose from “protected activity,” which the statute defines to
include statements on an issue of “public interest.”
Neighbors Eric Ley... More...   $0 (02-03-2020 - CA)

Plaintiff Jeremiah Mathews worked as a maintenance supervisor and a cook for
defendant Happy Valley Conference Center, Inc. (Happy Valley), which hosts seminars,
retreats, and camps on a 30-acre property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Happy Valley is
a subordinate affiliate of defendant Community of Christ (the Church). When a younger
male employee confided in plaintiff that Hap... More...   $0 (12-16-2019 - CA)

Long Beach Unified School District (the District)
appeals from the dismissal of its cross-complaint under Code
of Civil Procedure section 425.16, commonly known as the
anti-SLAPP statute. (See Wilson v. Cable News Network,
Inc. (2019) 7 Cal.5th 871, 880 (Wilson).) In 2006, the District
entered into a contract with respondent Margaret Williams,
LLC (Williams LLC), which had ... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - CA)

Scott M. Jordan ("Senior"), his
health failing, executed a Power of Attorney (POA) authorizing his
son, Scott M. Jordan, Jr. ("Jordan"), to take control and dispose
of Senior's property in any way Senior might do were he able.
Unhappy with Jordan's subsequent decisions concerning his
property, Senior revoked the POA and complained to the Waldoboro
Police Department. Waldobo... More...   $0 (12-02-2019 - ME)

Damian Richard appeals from an order denying in part his special motion to strike
Alan Hicks's complaint for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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The complaint arose from Richard's role in prompting the Diocese of San Diego
(Diocese) to remove Hicks from his school principal position.1
Richard contends we must reverse the part of the court's order den... More...   $0 (10-24-2019 - CA)

The operative facts are taken from the complaint filed by plaintiffs Miller Marital
Deduction Trust, by and through its trustees Helen Miller and James Morris (Miller
Marital Trust) and Helen Miller, an individual (hereinafter also collectively referred to as
“Millers”), and the declarations and exhibits submitted in connection with Zurich’s antiSLAPP
motion.
A. Underlying Fede... More...   $0 (10-22-2019 - CA)