David Greene and Shayana Kadidal for Center for Constitutional Rights, Electronic Frontier Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Sierra Club, Civil Liberties Defense Center, Greenpeace, Inc., Palestine Legal, National Lawyers Guild, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, Mosquito Fleet, Portland Rising Tide, Amazon Watch, Center for International Environmental Law, the International Corporate Accountability Roundtable, the First Amendment Project and PILnet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
Davis Wright Tremaine, Thomas R. Burke , Rochelle L. Wilcox , Dan Laidman and Abigail Zeitlin for California News Publishers Association, the Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc., the First Amendment Coalition, First Look Institute, Inc., Hearst Corporation, KQED Inc., Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Motion Picture Association, Inc. the New York Times Company, Online News Association, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Washington Post as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
OPINION
LIU, J.—
The Legislature enacted Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 to combat "a disturbing increase" in strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs): "lawsuits brought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances." (Code...
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