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Timestamp: 2019-09-18 10:05:37
Document Index: 443957701

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 425', '§ 425', '§ 425', '§ 425', '§ 425', '§ 425']

425.17 Limitations Of California Anti-SLAPP Statute CCP 425.17
Unofficial Contents of CCP § 425.17 - Legislative Findings And Declarations Regarding California Anti-SLAPP Law; Application of § 425.16 (this statute further down on this page)
CCP § 425.17 -- Legislative Findings And Declarations Regarding California Anti-SLAPP Law; Application of § 425.16
JayNote: While not saying so explicitly, this ¶ (a) is apparently included to counterbalance the "construed broadly" language of § 425.16(a). In other words, maybe § 425.16 isn't to be construed so broadly after all. From a practical perspective, is this helpful? No.
JayNote: Paragraph (b) and its subparts basically say that an Anti-SLAPP motion cannot be brought against the typical class-action complaint.
JayNote: Paragraph (c) basically says that an Anti-SLAPP motion cannot be brought against a suit brought against a commercial seller or lessor, including insurance brokerages and securities firms, for statements made about their competitors while they are engaged in their commercial activity, i.e., an Anti-SLAPP motion cannot be brought in trade disparagement suits.
(1) The statement or conduct consists of representations of fact about that person's or a business competitor's business operations, goods, or services, that is made for the purpose of obtaining approval for, promoting, or securing sales or leases of, or commercial transactions in, the person's goods or services, or the statement or conduct was made in the course of delivering the person's goods or services.
JayNote: And the predictable "exceptions to the exceptions" follows.
JayNote: Journalists and other writers working on an article or book, etc., can bring Anti-SLAPP motions even in class action and trade disparagement cases.
JayNote: Other artists, broadly described, working on their art, can bring Anti-SLAPP motions even in class action and trade disparagement cases.
JayNote: Non-profits can bring Anti-SLAPP motions even in class action and trade disparagement cases.
JayNote: No special appeal rights for those who lost an Anti-SLAPP motion because they brought the motion against a class action or trade disparagement complaint.