Jeff Lewis has represented Ted Rall in a case against the LA Times. The Times prevailed at the trial court and obtained a dismissal on an anti-SLAPP motion. The Times also prevailed at the intermediate review step in the California Court of Appeal. Last week the Supreme Court granted Ted Rall’s petition to review the […]
Ted Rall is an award-winning nationally syndicated political cartoonist who was terminated by the Los Angeles Times as a favor to outgoing LAPD Chief Charlie Beck in 2015. (At the time, the LAPD Protective League pension fund was the biggest shareholder of the Times’ parent company.) Adding insult to injury, the Times published two pieces, […]
The Hollywood Reporter posted this article about the successful motion by attorney Jeff Lewis to dismiss the frivolous lawsuit by Vince Gallo against a California reporter.
The Hollywood Reporter posted this article about attorney Jeff Lewis filing an anti-SLAPP motion on behalf of a California reporter in response to an invasion of privacy lawsuit by actor Vincent Gallo.
In Copenbarger v. Johnson (Riverside Superior Court Case No. RIC 1313995 2014). Jeff Lewis represented a defendant sued for malicious prosecution. Mr. Lewis filed an anti-SLAPP motion resulting in the case being dismissed and the client receiving an award of attorney’s fees and costs.
On January 4, 2012, the Fourth Appellate District, Division Three issued its opinion in the case of Rothman v. Masson. Mr. Lewis represented attorney Richard Masson in this appeal from Masson’s successful anti-SLAPP motion. The Court of Appeal found that Masson had probable cause as a matter of law to file a prior action against […]
