Is publication privilege waived if a plaintiff fails to cite any authority indicating how the privilege may or may not apply?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Belle Rose Claremont, LLC v. Fried, A159836 (Cal. App. 2020):
3. To the extent plaintiffs are asserting some sort of publication privilege issue, they have not cited any authority indicating how the privilege may or may not apply. Accordingly, any such argument is waived. (Benach v. County of Los Angeles (2007) 149 Cal.App.4th 836, 852 ["When an appellant fails to raise a point, or asserts it but fails to support it with reasoned argument and citations to authority, we treat the point as waived."].)
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