24 Cited authorities

  1. Navellier v. Sletten

    29 Cal.4th 82 (Cal. 2002)   Cited 1,947 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding a claim for relief filed in federal district court is protected activity
  2. Rusheen v. Cohen

    37 Cal.4th 1048 (Cal. 2006)   Cited 1,169 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding California's litigation privilege precludes liability arising from noncommunicative acts that are necessarily related to enforcing a judgment
  3. Hagberg v. California Federal Bank FSB

    32 Cal.4th 350 (Cal. 2004)   Cited 404 times
    Holding that civilians who provide information leading to an arrest cannot be held liable for false arrest
  4. Wilcox v. Superior Court

    27 Cal.App.4th 809 (Cal. Ct. App. 1994)   Cited 410 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that "probability" is equivalent to a "reasonable probability" of prevailing
  5. Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. v. Happening House Ventures

    184 Cal.App.4th 1539 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010)   Cited 193 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that whether a cause of action is subject to a motion to strike turns on whether the gravamen of the cause of action targets protected activity
  6. Berg & Berg Enterprises, LLC v. Sherwood Partners, Inc.

    131 Cal.App.4th 802 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005)   Cited 160 times
    Concluding that under a California statute, a creditor could not bring an action against the debtor company's attorney for conspiring to waste the company's assets through legal fees to resist involuntary bankruptcy because the attorney had no fiduciary duty to the creditor
  7. Ludwig v. Superior Court

    37 Cal.App.4th 8 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995)   Cited 167 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that speech regarding the environmental effects of a mall satisfied the anti-SLAPP statute's "public interest" requirement
  8. Malin v. Singer

    217 Cal.App.4th 1283 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)   Cited 90 times
    In Malin, attorney Singer sent a demand letter to his client's business associates Malin and Moore, announcing his client's intention to sue them for numerous wrongs.
  9. ZF Micro Devices, Inc. v. TAT Capital Partners, Ltd.

    5 Cal.App.5th 69 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016)   Cited 37 times
    Detailing this confusion
  10. People V. Garcia

    147 Cal.App.4th 913 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006)   Cited 38 times
    Rejecting trial court attempt to strike § 290 sex offender registration requirement
  11. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 18,268 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices
  12. Section 109 - Who may be a debtor

    11 U.S.C. § 109   Cited 4,085 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Allowing municipal bankruptcy only if specifically authorized by state law
  13. Section 3294 - When damages recoverable for sake of example and by way of punishment; employer liability for acts of employee; death from homicide

    Cal. Civ. Code § 3294   Cited 2,857 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Stating plaintiff may recover punitive damages "in addition to the actual damages"
  14. Section 451 - Matters requiring judicial notice

    Cal. Evid. Code § 451   Cited 862 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Asserting when "[j]udicial notice shall be taken."
  15. Section 1031 - Exchange of real property held for productive use or investment

    26 U.S.C. § 1031   Cited 741 times   81 Legal Analyses
    Providing for the nonrecognition of gain from exchanges of investment property for other investment property of like kind
  16. Section 15610.30 - Financial abuse

    Cal. Welf. and Inst. Code § 15610.30   Cited 485 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Defining financial elder abuse
  17. Section 10

    Cal. Const. art. VI § 10   Cited 409 times
    Granting original jurisdiction to courts in habeas matters
  18. Section 436 - Authority of court upon motion

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 436   Cited 312 times
    Authorizing the court to strike irrelevant, false, or improper matter from a pleading
  19. Section 15657.5 - Defendant liable for financial abuse; attorney's fees and costs and damages

    Cal. Welf. and Inst. Code § 15657.5   Cited 151 times   1 Legal Analyses

    (a) Where it is proven by a preponderance of the evidence that a defendant is liable for financial abuse, as defined in Section 15610.30, in addition to compensatory damages and all other remedies otherwise provided by law, the court shall award to the plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The term "costs" includes, but is not limited to, reasonable fees for the services of a conservator, if any, devoted to the litigation of a claim brought under this article. (b) Where it is proven by

  20. Section 428.50 - Time for filing

    Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 428.50   Cited 43 times

    (a) A party shall file a cross-complaint against any of the parties who filed the complaint or cross-complaint against him or her before or at the same time as the answer to the complaint or cross-complaint. (b) Any other cross-complaint may be filed at any time before the court has set a date for trial. (c) A party shall obtain leave of court to file any cross-complaint except one filed within the time specified in subdivision (a) or (b). Leave may be granted in the interest of justice at any time