Altman v. Azrilyan
Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16, known as the anti-SLAPP statute, establishes a process for striking complaints in strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP).[1] SLAPP suits chill the exercise of free speech or the right of freedom to petition. In this appeal, we conclude that notarizing a written instrument is not an act in furtherance of a persons right of petition or free speech under the United States or California Constitution in connection with a public issue as that phrase is used in section 425.16, subdivision (e). Court reverse the trial courts order granting respondent Yevgeniya Lisitsas special motion to strike and her dismissal from the case. Court also reverse the trial courts attorney fee award in favor of Lisitsa, which was ordered after her dismissal from the case. Court dismiss appellant Jack Altmans purported appeal from the order denying reconsideration, finding that it is not an appealable order.
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