Legal Opinion
Applied Business Software, Inc. v. Pacific Mortgage Exchange, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 15, 2008No. B199529PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
This is an appeal from an order denying a defendant’s special motion to strike the plaintiff’s complaint. The motion was brought under Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, the anti-SLAPP statute (section 425.16; SLAPP—strategic lawsuit against public participation). The motion was denied because the trial court determined that the acts of defendant on which the complaint is based were not acts taken by defendant in furtherance of defendant’s rights of petition or free speech. (§ 425.16, subd. (b)(1).) 1 Based on that determination, the court concluded it did not need to…
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