Can a defendant meet their burden of making a threshold showing that a cause of action is one arising from protected activity?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from A-Ju Tours, Inc. v. Alleghany Corp., B256956, B259567 (Cal. App. 2016):

A defendant can meet his or her burden of making a threshold showing that a cause of action is one arising from protected activity by demonstrating the acts underlying the plaintiff's cause of action fall within one of the categories of section 425.16, subdivision (e). (City of Cotati v. Cashman (2002) 29 Cal.4th 69, 78.)

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