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DILLON v. SEATTLE DEPOSITION REPORTERS, LLC

Nos. 69300-0-1, 68345-4-1.

316 P.3d 1119 (2014)

Jason DILLON, an individual, Appellant, v. SEATTLE DEPOSITION REPORTERS, LLC, a Washington company; Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, a Washington company; James Grant and Jane Doe Grant, individually and the marital community composed thereof if any, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Michael Moran , William Arthur Keller , Moran & Keller, PLLC, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant.

Ralph E. Cromwell Jr. , Jofrey Malcolm McWilliam , Byrnes Keller Cromwell LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

DWYER, J.

¶ 1 Washington's anti-SLAPP1 statute protects persons who engage in "action[s] involving public participation and petition" from having to defend against a claim based on those actions.2 The recording of telephone conversations is not such an action. This is so even when such recording is designed to gather evidence for a lawsuit between private parties. The anti-SLAPP statute does not operate...

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