Holding that the litigation privilege applied, even after the finality of a marriage dissolution decree, to an attorney who made statements during a marriage dissolution proceeding
52 Cal.App.4th 1036 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997) Cited 192 times
In Braun v. Chronicle Publishing Co., 52 Cal. App.4th 1036, 1049, 61 Cal.Rptr.2d 58 (1997), the court of appeal similarly concluded that an investigative audit conducted by a state auditor was "an authorized, public proceeding because it is government-sponsored and provided for by statute."
In Summit Bank the court, in determining the challenged speech implicated a public issue, suggested there was a public interest in "the financial world."