Does the anti-SLAPP statute apply to third party actions?

The types of action cited by the court in PrediWave, supra, 179 Cal.App.4th at pages 1220 and 1228 as third party actions subject to the anti-SLAPP statute involved either claims for allegedly false statements made on behalf of others (Briggs v. Eden Council for Hope & Opportunity (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1106 [anti-SLAPP statute applied to

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claims of residential property owners against a tenant counseling service for false and defamatory statements]) or claims against an attorney for abuse of process in representing others to collect a judgment (Rusheen v. Cohen, supra, 37 Cal.4th 1048 [anti-SLAPP statute applies to claims against an attorney representing an adversary in connection with collection activities]). The claims in those cases are significantly different than the claim in this case.