The Employment Lawyer's Guide to California Anti-SLAPP Law

More shameless self-promotion! An article I co-wrote (along with Benjamin Shatz) is featured as the cover story of the March Issue of the California Labor and Employment Law Review. It's subscription-based, so I can't republish the whole article here, but apparently they'll send you a full free issue if you request it from the California State Bar (details here). Here's the opening:

It seems like hardly a day passes without a California court issuing a decision involving the state’s anti-SLAPP statutes. Commentators call it an "explosion" that "clog[s] our courts." The anti-SLAPP statutes have evolved from relative obscurity to a powerful weapon in the defendant’s arsenal, like a summary judgment motion—but without the 75-day notice period, without discovery, and with the potential for attorneys’ fees. This article addresses the origins and operation of the statutes and then turns to some unique situations presented by anti-SLAPP in the employment context.

If you'd like to learn more about Anti-SLAPP, I recommend the California Anti-SLAPP Project