Perspective
Jun. 23, 2016
Anti-SLAPP appealability getting complicated
There has always been a tension between the immediate appealability of California anti-SLAPP orders and the finality rules in federal court. That tension has re-surfaced in a recent 9th Circuit decision. By Jens Koepke
Jens B. Koepke
Counsel
Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP
appellate law (specialist), intellectual property, entertainment
Phone: (424) 738-5563
Email: jens.koepke@calg.com
UCLA Law School
Jens is a certified appellate specialist, and the incoming chair for the Appellate Courts Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
There has always been a tension between the immediate appealability of California anti-SLAPP orders and the finality rules in federal court. That tension has re-surfaced in a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that limits the appealability of certain anti-SLAPP rulings. In Hyan v. Hummer, 2016 DJDAR 5790 (9th Cir. June 14, 2016), the court held that the grant of an anti-SLAPP motion to only one of several ...
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