Case Dismissed Jeff Lewis Law prevails in getting the Court to dismiss the case of Bellino versus McDonald. Learn more about the Court’s decision exploring the definition of Free Speech […]
On June 24, 2019, Jim Bellino filed a lawsuit in Orange County for defamation against podcaster Heather McDonald. The complaint alleges that McDonald’s podcast guests, Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador, […]
This post is part of an ongoing series on California’s anti-SLAPP law from the perspective of Los Angeles appellate and trial attorney, Jeff Lewis. The First Amendment and California’s anti-SLAPP law have long been […]
A Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation or \”SLAPP\” is a civil lawsuit brought to either prevent or punish another person for exercising their First Amendment right to petition the government or to speak about […]
California has an anti-SLAPP law that protects defendants from lawsuits brought to chill their First Amendment rights. The anti-SLAPP law, Code of Civil Procedure, section 425.16, provides \”for the early dismissal of […]
This post is the latest in a series of posts about California’s anti-SLAPP law. California’s anti-SLAPP law (Code of Civil Procedure, section 425.16) protects defendants from lawsuits brought to chill their First […]
Court of Appeal reinstates lawsuit arising from American Idol contract negotiations.
Former public defender’s retaliation lawsuit deemed a SLAPP and dismissed.
On Friday, the Third Appellate District in California issued an opinion in Ellis Law Group v. Nevada City Sugar Loaf Properties (Oct. 3, 2014 C072820). The appellate proceeding arose […]
This post is the second in a series on California’s anti-SLAPP law from the perspective of Los Angeles appellate and trial attorney, Jeffrey Lewis. In the prior post, I described in general what California’s anti-SLAPP […]
This post is the first in a series on California’s anti-SLAPP law from the perspective of Los Angeles appellate and trial attorney, Jeffrey Lewis. What is a SLAPP? Consider the […]
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 […]