Is a claim under section 425.16 of the anti-SLAPP statute a protected activity?

Pursuant to section 425.16, subdivision (e)(2), a claim is "protected activity" and thus subject to the anti-SLAPP statute if it arises from "any written or oral statement or writing made in connection with an issue under consideration or review by a legislative, executive, or judicial body, or any other official proceeding authorized by law." ( 425.16, subd. (e)(2).) This definition can reach "'communications prepatory to or in anticipation of the bringing of an action . . .'" (Neville v. Chudacoff (2008) 160

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