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California Court of Appeal Finds Film Producer's Anti-SLAPP Free Speech Argument Is Valid Against Lawsuit By Investor No Implied Covenant to File Song Cue Sheets for Foreign Broadcast

3 minute read February 01, 2020 at 12:03 AM
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Stan Soocher
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California Court of Appeal Finds Film Producer's Anti-SLAPP Free Speech Argument Is Valid Against Lawsuit By Investor

The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, decided that a documentary film producer properly raised an anti-SLAPP motion, on First Amendment grounds, to strike an investor's lawsuit over the progress of the production.

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