Think Twice Before Suing the Other Side’s Lawyer

The Daily Mail

‘”If you are a party in litigation, your tactic of suing opposing counsel is apt to trigger swift retaliation: an anti-SLAPP motion.” So began the court of appeal in Ramirez V McCormack (2025) 113 Cal.App.5^th 493, reversing a lower court order denying the defendant’s lawyer’s anti-SLAPP motion. The reasoning was simple: Counsel assisting their clients in petitioning activity falls within the anti-SLAPP statutes screening provisions that prohibit lawsuits arising out of…”

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