This one is from a couple months ago, but I finally had a chance to catch up on some older stories. In late 2023, we wrote about one of the most egregious SLAPP suits we’d ever seen. In a case that…
Maybe I missed it, but were there any consequences for filing the SLAPP? The suit was tossed, which is a good start, but then what? The article made it sound like California has anti-SLAPP laws, but were they applied here?
Yeah. They said it’s now righted the wrong, but I don’t think so.
Usually, the anti-SLAPP statute specifies that the SLAPPing party needs to pay the defendant’s legal fees, but in this case they were represented pro bono by a high-profile attorney, so maybe that’s the only remedy and it just didn’t apply.
Maybe I missed it, but were there any consequences for filing the SLAPP? The suit was tossed, which is a good start, but then what? The article made it sound like California has anti-SLAPP laws, but were they applied here?
Yeah. They said it’s now righted the wrong, but I don’t think so.
Usually, the anti-SLAPP statute specifies that the SLAPPing party needs to pay the defendant’s legal fees, but in this case they were represented pro bono by a high-profile attorney, so maybe that’s the only remedy and it just didn’t apply.