TAHERI LAW GROUP v. EVANS
Lawsuit brought by an attorney alleging that another attorney improperly solicited his client was subject to the anti SLAPP statute as it arose out of the second attorney's communications concerning pending litigation. A cause of action arising from a lawyer's conduct, when the conduct includes advice to a prospective client on pending litigation, does not fall within the "commercial speech" exemption to the anti SLAPP statute. Plaintiff attorney failed to establish a probability of prevailing on his claim where plaintiff offered no evidence in support of the claim, and trial court did not abuse its discretion in sustaining defendant's attorney client privilege and work product objections to discovery. Trial court erred in awarding attorney fees under the anti SLAPP statute to defendant attorney who represented himself.
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