What is the test for establishing that a statement or activity precipitating a claim is a statement that could affect large numbers of people beyond the direct participants?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from L&M Optical Disc West, LLC v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc., B227368 (Cal. App. 2011):
statement or activity precipitating the claim involved conduct that could affect large numbers of people beyond the direct participants; and (3) whether the statement or activity precipitating the claim involved a topic of widespread public interest. [Citations.]" (Wilbanks v. Wolk (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 883, 898 (Wilbanks).)
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