EDWARD LEWIS TOBINICK, MD v. NOVELLA

No. 15-14889.

848 F.3d 935 (2017)

EDWARD LEWIS TOBINICK, MD, a medical corporation, d.b.a the Institute of Neurological Recovery, INR PLLC, a Florida professional limited liability company, d.b.a. Institute of Neurological Recovery, M.D. Edward Tobinick, an individual, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Steven NOVELLA, an individual, Society for Science-Based Medicine, Inc., a Florida Corporation, SGU Productions, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Yale University, a Connecticut corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cullin A. O'Brien , Cullin O'Brien Law, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Geoffrey Michael Cahen , Quarles & Brady, LLP, Boca Raton, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Marc J. Randazza , Jay Marshall Wolman , Randazza Legal Group, PLLC, Las Vegas, NV, Jason Allan Fischer , Fischer Law, PL, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Steven Novella, an individual.

Scott Allan Cole , Alexandra Valdes , Cole Scott & Kissane, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee Society for Science-Based Medicine, Inc.

Darren Joel Spielman , Kain & Associates, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellee SGU Productions, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company.

Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae Gregory Dolin, Henry Greely, David Hyman, Abigail Moncrieff, Natalie Ram, The Center for Medicine and Law.

Ian Clark, Pro Se.

Coralie Graham, Pro Se.

Robert Bruce Rich , Weil Gotshal & Manges, LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Association of American Publishers, Inc., American Booksellers for Free Expression, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Media Coalition Foundation, The Freedom to Read Foundation.

Mark P. McKenna , Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN, for Amicus Curiae Intellectual Property Law Professors.

Hannah Bloch-Wehba , Student Press Law Center, Arlington, VA, for Amici Curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 24 Media Organizations.

Bruce D. Brown , Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Before HULL and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


Appellants Edward Lewis Tobinick, MD ("INR CA"), INR PLLC ("INR FL"), and M.D. Edward Tobinick ("Dr. Tobinick") (collectively, the "Tobinick Appellants") appeal the district court's orders striking INR CA's state law claims pursuant to California's anti-SLAPP statute, twice denying amendment of the Tobinick Appellants' complaint...

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