Archive for anti-SLAPP

Employers Increasingly Using Anti-SLAPP Motions in Retaliation Cases

California’s anti-SLAPP statute allows a defendant to bring a special motion to strike any cause of action in a plaintiff’s lawsuit that arises from “any act of that person in furtherance of the person’s right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California…

Employers Can Use Anti-SLAAP Statute to Force Early Screening of Some Employee Claims

California’s anti-SLAPP statute — found in Code of Civil Procedure §425.16 — allows a defendant to request early judicial screening of a legal claim that targets that defendant’s protected free speech or petitioning activities.  Until yesterday, it has been an open question in California as to whether or…