California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from EarthRenew, Inc. v. Crop Prod. Servs., Inc., F059906 (Cal. App. 2012):
A claim does not arise from constitutionally protected activity simply because it is triggered by such activity or is filed after it occurs. (City of Cotati v. Cashman, supra, 29 Cal.4th at pp. 76-78.) "[T]he critical point is whether the plaintiff's cause of action itself was based on an act in furtherance of the defendant's right of petition or free speech.
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