Office One, Inc. v. Lopez

This matter concerns the proper application of the Anti-SLAPP Act, G.L.c. 231, §59H. On two prior occasions, faced with a dearth of appellate precedent interpreting the Act and divergent views within the Superior Court concerning its scope, this Court attempted to apply the statutory language to the facts of this case in a manner consistent with both the legislative mandate and justice between the parties.* Thereafter, the Supreme Judicial Court for the first time elucidated the proper scope of the Anti-SLAPP Act in a long awaited decision, Duracraft Corp. v. Holmes Products Corp., 427 Mass.…