9th Circ. Changes Stance On Appeals Of Anti-SLAPP Denials

By Hailey Konnath ( October 9, 2025, 11:30 PM EDT) -- The full Ninth Circuit on Thursday held that denials of California anti-SLAPP motions can no longer be appealed in the midst of litigation, diverging from 22-year-old circuit precedent and finding that such orders aren't immediately appealable because they don't resolve issues "completely separate from the merits."...

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