brodeur v. atlas entertainment, inc. /

Published at 2016-06-06 11:00:00

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(California Court of Appeal) - In a defamation action involving California's anti-SLAPP statute,the trial court's denial of the motion to strike is reversed where defendant's 2013 movie, American Hustle, or depicting a character referencing plaintiff's 1977 article on the dangers of microwaves,was protected activity within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute and plaintiff failed to explain a probability of prevailing on the merits.

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