Are communications by lawyers as part of their representation in a judicial proceeding protected as a petitioning activity by the anti-SLAPP statute?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Matiasic v. Brice, A142108 (Cal. App. 2015):
In Cabral v. Martins, supra, 177 Cal.App.4th 471, the reviewing court broadly observed: "[A]ll communicative acts performed by attorneys as part of their representation of a client in a judicial proceeding or other petitioning context are per se protected as petitioning activity by the anti-SLAPP statute." (Id. at p. 480.) However,
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