What is the definition of a "issue of public interest" in the anti-SLAPP context?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Critical Care Diagnostics, Inc. v. Am. Ass'n for Clinical Chemistry, Inc., Civil No. 13cv1308 L (MDD) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
Like "public forum", the term "issue of public interest" is construed broadly in the anti-SLAPP context. Hecimovich v. Encinal School Parent Teacher Organization, 203 Cal. App.4th 450, 464 (2012). An issue of public interest is "any issue in which the public is interested." Nygrd, 159 Cal. App.4th at 1042. The issue does not need to be "significant" to be
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