September 21, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel rejected Thursday a Washington tech company's argument that California's anti-SLAPP statute shields it from proposed class claims alleging it illegally profits off Golden State residents' intellectual property and publicity rights, with two judges urging the full circuit to stop allowing interlocutory appeals of anti-SLAPP decisions.
April 14, 2023
A Ninth Circuit panel on Friday challenged a Washington tech company's argument that it has free speech protection to use without permission the names and personal information of people in an online business directory to sell subscriptions.