PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC.

No. A134912.

226 Cal.App.4th 643 (2014)

172 Cal. Rptr. 3d 238

PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Berman DeValerio Pease & Tabacco, Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. , Todd A. Seaver and Daniel E. Barenbaum for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Keith E. Eggleton , David A. McCarthy ; Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke, Joshua M. Rubins , James J. Coster and James I. Doty for Defendants and Appellants Moody's Investors Service, Inc. et al.

Perkins Coie, David Biderman , Joren S. Bass , Judith B. Gitterman ; Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Floyd Abrams , Dean Ringel and Whitney M. Smith for Defendant and Appellant The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.


OPINION

JENKINS, J.

This is an appeal from an order denying the special motion to strike of defendants Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Moody's Corporation and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (collectively, Rating Agencies or defendants),1 against plaintiff California's Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) pursuant to the so-called anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16).

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