California Court of Appeal May 22, 2001, B142129, B143537 (Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. v. Paladino)

Opinion

JOHNSON, J.

Upon learning its former in-house counsel planned to sue for wrongful termination of employment, a company struck first by suing the

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former counsel for disclosing confidential and privileged information to the attorneys handling her wrongful termination case. The former in-house counsel moved to strike the company’s complaint as a SLAPP suit.