Anti-SLAPP Litigation (The Rutter Group Civil Litigation Series)

This deskbook is a comprehensive treatment of California's landmark "anti-SLAPP" legislation (CCP ¤¤425.16, 425.17, 425.18). It fully explains how the anti-SLAPP legislation works - particularly how defendants may invoke CCP ¤425.16 to strike any civil cause of action that arises from petitioning or free speech activity Ð and when and how plaintiffs may overcome an anti-SLAPP motion to strike.