Does section 425.16 of the California Anti-SLAPP Act, which prohibits SLAPP activity, apply in other circumstances?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Putnam v. South Coast Emergency Vehicle Serv., E051645, Super.Ct.No. CIVRS1001649 (Cal. App. 2012):

"'"Conduct that would otherwise come within the scope of the anti-SLAPP statute does not lose its coverage . . . simply because it is alleged to have been unlawful or unethical." [Citations.] An exception to the use of section 425.16 applies only if a "defendant concedes, or the evidence conclusively establishes, that the assertedly protected speech or petition activity was illegal as a matter of law." [Citation.]'" (Cabral v. Martins (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 471, 482.)

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