Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp.

We are asked to determine whether the defendants’ special motions to dismiss pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 59H, commonly referred to as the anti-SLAPP statute, are applicable to the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant, Francis E. Marino, breached a confidentiality agreement with it, and other related claims, and if so, whether the statutory procedure for early dismissal of such claims is constitutional. We conclude that the Legislature did not intend the anti-SLAPP statute to apply to claims such as those in this case, a result also reached by the Appeals Court in a thoughtful opinion. See…