SLAPP035 – Understanding the Public Interest Requirement
In Episode 35 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we take a deep dive into what constitutes a matter of public interest under the anti-SLAP...
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20 of 35 episodesSLAPP034 – Are Calls to the Police Still Protected Speech?
In Episode 34 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we examine the amendment to Civil Code section 47, which changed calls to the police from...
SLAPP033 – How to Defeat an anti-SLAPP Motion with Inadmissible Evidence
In Episode 33 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we revisit the California Supreme Court decision of Sweetwater Union High School District...
SLAPP032 – The 3 Most-Often Miscited Anti-SLAPP Cases
We begin Episode 32 with the discussion of how Morris & Stone just defeated an anti-SLAPP motion. I reveal the common (and fatal) mistake ma...
SLAPP031 – A Gambler Bets Wrong on the Anti-SLAPP Statute
In Episode 31, in addition to an anti-SLAPP case, we examine another example of how opposing counsel blew an opposition to our Motion for Su...
SLAPP030 – Is it Defamatory to Call Someone a “Crook?”
Fun, fun, fun in the California sun at Morris & Stone. In just the past couple of weeks, we (1) Obtained a 3.9 million dollar defamation ver...
SLAPP029 – Can Attorneys Sue Their Clients for Malicious Prosecution After a Fee Dispute?
In episode 28, we discussed the attorney who sued his own client for malicious prosecution. The client had challenged the fees charged by th...
SLAPP028 – An Exception to the Absolute Police Report Privilege?
Some of our anti-SLAPP cases are breaking new legal ground through some very interesting fact patterns. Penal Code section 11172 You are pro...
SLAPP027 – When a Motion to Dismiss is a Better Strategy than an Anti-SLAPP Motion
President Trump is never short on controversy, and said controversy leads to some interesting cases. In Episode 27 of the California SLAPP L...
SLAPP026 – Don’t Sue for Defamation Unless the Statements Really are False
Canada, eh? Those hosers in Ontario didn’t get around to passing an anti-SLAPP statute until 2015, and they’re still trying to f...
SLAPP025 – Anti-SLAPP Motion Defeats Gone With the Wind Actress
de Havilland v. FX Networks, LLC If you sell t-shirts bearing the images of the Three Stooges, can you be sued for violating their right of...
SLAPP024 – Supreme Court Clarifies Whether Amended Complaint Resets 60-Day Clock for Anti-SLAPP Motion
In Episode 24 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we tackle two important anti-SLAPP issues. Newport Harbor Ventures, LLC v. Morris Cerullo...
SLAPP023 – Privileged Speech Can Survive Anti-SLAPP Motions
In Episode 23 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we examine two cases that consider how privileged speech should be viewed during the two-...
SLAPP022 – Abuse of Process Claims and Anti-SLAPP Motions
Hooray for Hollywood! In Episode 22 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we discuss four cases involving the film industry that have all res...
SLAPP021 – Anti-SLAPP Motions Against Mixed Causes of Action
We discuss the very important case of Baral v. Schnitt , in which the California Supreme Court finally dealt with the split of authorities r...
SLAPP020 – Sixth District Weighs in on Admissibility of Yelp Reviews and the Law on Inferences
In Episode 20 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we discuss important Evidence Codes, and my VINDICATION by the California Court of Appeal...
SLAPP019 – Five Best Published Anti-SLAPP Decisions (so far) in 2016
On Episode 19 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we go through my five favorite reported anti-SLAPP decisions from the first half of 2016....
SLAPP018 – All You Need to Know About Anti-SLAPP Motions in Federal Court
In episode 18 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, I discuss an anti-SLAPP motion I decided NOT to pursue, and why. We discuss the case of W...
SLAPP017 – An Introduction to California SLAPP Law and Anti-SLAPP Motions
In Episode 17 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we go back to basics, with an introduction to the fundamental concepts behind California&...
SLAPP016 – Appealing a Ruling on an Anti-SLAPP Motion
In Episode 16 of the California SLAPP Law Podcast, we discuss (1) when you can join with another defendant’s anti-SLAPP motion, and whether...