California Court of Appeal
People ex rel Strathmann v. Acacia Research Corp., G045390
In plaintiff's qui tam action alleging that his employer engaged in false and fraudulent insurance claims in connection with an on-going dispute with another biotechnology company involving stolen technology, trial court's grant of defendants' special motion to strike pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute is reversed where plaintiff's qui tam action brought "on behalf of the general public" under Insurance Code section 1871.7 falls within the public interest exception of section 425.17(b).
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/24/2012
- Published 10/24/2012
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Court
- California Court of Appeal