Dow Jones & Co. v. Highland Capital Mgmt., L.P.

Opinion by Justice Schenck

This is an interlocutory appeal of the trial court's denial of appellant Dow Jones & Company, Inc.'s motion to dismiss appellee Highland Capital Management, L.P.'s subpoena under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), an anti-SLAPP statute. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §§ 27.001 -.011. In its first five issues,1 Dow Jones asserts the trial court erred in denying its motion to dismiss arguing: the TCPA applies to Highland Capital's "Discovery Action"; it has standing to seek dismissal under the TCPA; Highland Capital's Discovery Action implicates…