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PEOPLE EX REL. STRATHMANN v. ACACIA RESEARCH CORP.

No. G045390.

210 Cal.App.4th 487 (2012)

148 Cal. Rptr. 3d 361

THE PEOPLE ex rel. MICHAEL STRATHMANN, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

October 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buchalter Nemer , Robert M. Dato ; Kelley, Donion, Gill, Huck & Goldfarb, Kelley, Goldfarb, Gill, Huck & Roth and Michael A. Goldfarb for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Corbett, Steelman & Specter, Richard B. Specter and Diane L. Ellis for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

FYBEL, J. —

INTRODUCTION

The anti-SLAPP statute,1 Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (section 425.16), authorizes a special motion to strike "[a] cause of action against a person arising from any act of that person in furtherance of the person's right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in connection with a public issue." (§...

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