California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Reid v. Rosenberg, B252319 (Cal. App. 2015):
with a public issue' includes: (1) any written or oral statement or writing made before a legislative, executive, or judicial proceeding, or any other official proceeding authorized by law, [or] (2) any written or oral statement or writing made in connection with an issue under consideration or review by a legislative, executive, or judicial body, or any other official proceeding authorized by law. . . ." ( 425.16, subd. (e).) Based upon these provisions, " 'statements, writings and pleadings in connection with civil litigation are covered by the anti-SLAPP statute, and that statute does not require any showing that the litigated matter concerns a matter of public interest.' " (Neville v. Chudacoff (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 1255, 1261.)
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