C.I.C.S. Emp't Servs., Inc. v. Newport Newspapers, Inc.

*318Defendants appeal a limited judgment denying their special motion to strike brought under ORS 31.150, Oregon's Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (anti-SLAPP) statute, which they filed in response to a defamation action initially filed by plaintiff in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The case was transferred to Lincoln County Circuit Court pursuant to a motion to change venue filed by defendants and stipulated to by plaintiff. Defendants then filed their special motion to strike. The Lincoln County Circuit Court determined that defendants' motion was untimely because it was…