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SIMPSON STRONG-TIE CO., INC. v. GORE

No. S164174.

49 Cal.4th 12 (2010)

109 Cal. Rptr. 3d 329

230 P.3d 1117

SIMPSON STRONG-TIE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PIERCE GORE et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

May 17, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shartsis Friese, Arthur J. Shartsis, Erick C. Howard; Eisenberg and Hancock, Jon B. Eisenberg and William N. Hancock for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Davis Wright Tremaine, Thomas R. Burke and Rochelle L. Wilcox for Defendants and Respondents.

Arkin & Glovsky and Sharon Arkin for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

Levy, Ram & Olson and Karl Olson for Senator Sheila Kuehl and California First Amendment Coalition as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

BAXTER, J.—

In this case we consider the scope of the commercial speech exemption to the anti-SLAPP statute. (See Code Civ. Proc., §§ 425.16, 425.17, subd. (c).)1

In February 2006, plaintiff Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc. (Simpson), filed this action for defamation and related claims against defendants Pierce Gore and The Gore Law Firm arising from a newspaper advertisement placed...

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