The anti-slapp defense has become one of the most popular defenses in American civil litigation. Anti-slapp refers to “strategic losses against public participation”. CCP § 425.16 The treatise California Insurance Law Dictionary and Desk Reference contains a hundred page chapter [§ A74 ANTI-SLAPP] discussing and analyzing over 200 appellate decisions regarding when the

This is the second NEWSLETTER in a series that discusses CACI Insurance Jury Instructions.  The first newsletter [published November 11, 2013] provided an overview of the Direction for Use, the Sources and Authority sections of the CACI instructions, and the lack of guidance to the definitional meaning of important insurance