IN LIBEL ANTI-SLAPP ANALYSIS, HOW DOES THE RECENT WEDDING OF CONTENT AND CONTEXT BY THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT ENHANCE EVALUATION OF DEFAMATION LAW IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO?

Part 1 of 2: In a notable and well-written opinion by Justice Cuéllar[1] for the court, the California Supreme Court recently reversed a Second District Court of Appeals decision holding the context of speech challenged by an anti-SLAPP motion is irrelevant to the motion’s analysis under California’s anti-SLAPP law, Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16[2]. Plaintiff FilmOn is a for-profit business. It …