Mireskandari v. Gilbert CA4/1
Shahrokh Mireskandari (Plaintiff) sued paralegal Laurie Gilbert and her law firm employer, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks, Lincenberg & Rhow, P.C. (Bird, Marella) (together, Defendants) for fraud and unfair competition based on work Gilbert performed for Bird, Marella's British client. The trial court granted Defendants' special motion to strike under California's anti-SLAPP statute, Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 (section 425.16), after ruling both that Plaintiff's causes of action arose from Defendants' constitutional right of petition in connection with a public issue and that Plaintiff did not demonstrate a probability of prevailing on the claims.
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