People Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Brar

Opinion

SILLS, P. J.

I. Background

On July 8, 2003, in the wake of the Trevor Law Group scandal, California’s Attorney General sued attorney Harpreet Brar to make him stop filing similar shakedown lawsuits against small businesses under the unfair competition law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.).

Brar certainly knew of the litigation brought against him by the Attorney General. He demurred to the complaint, the demurrer was overruled, and Brar was given 15 days in which to answer. But instead of answering, Brar filed a motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute.

The motion to strike was…