What is the test for a motion under the anti-SLAPP statute?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Sacks v. Haslet, D072372 (Cal. App. 2018):

In determining whether the opposing party has demonstrated a probability of prevailing on the claim under the anti-SLAPP statute, "[t]he court ' " 'accept[s] as true the evidence favorable to [that party] . . . and evaluate[s] the [moving party's] evidence only to determine if it has defeated that submitted by the [opposing party] as a matter of law.' " ' " (Barry v. State Bar of California (2017) 2 Cal.5th 318, 321, citation omitted.) The opposing party is required to show " ' "there is admissible evidence that, if credited,

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