Legal Opinion
Serova v. Sony Music Entm't
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided August 28, 2018No. B280526PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtLui, P.J.
*490Defendants and appellants Sony Music Entertainment (Sony), John Branca, as co-executor of the estate of Michael J. Jackson (the Estate), and MJJ Productions, Inc. (collectively Appellants) appeal from an order of the superior court partially denying their motion to strike under the anti-SLAPP statute. ( Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.)1 Plaintiff and respondent Vera Serova (Serova) filed this putative class action against Appellants and other defendants for marketing a posthumous Michael Jackson album entitled simply Michael. Serova claims that the album cover and a promotional video misleadingly…
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