Clarity Co. Consulting v. Gabriel

Filed 4/12/22 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SIX CLARITY CO. CONSULTING, 2d Civil No. B311823 LLC, (Super. Ct. No. 56-2020- 00547889-CU-BC-VTA) Plaintiff and Respondent, (Ventura County) v. LARRY GABRIEL, Defendant and Appellant. This appeal illustrates an attorney’s misuse of the anti- SLAPP statute. (Code of Civ. Proc. § 425.16.)1 “[H]owever efficacious the anti-SLAPP procedure may be in the right case, it can be badly abused in the wrong one, resulting in substantial cost—and prejudicial delay.” (Grewal v.…