United States Ninth Circuit

Roberts v. McAfee, Inc., 10-15561

In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting in part defendant's anti-SLAPP motion in an action alleging defamation and maliciously prosecution to deflect attention from defendant's large-scale backdating of stock options, judgment is: 1) reversed in part because plaintiff failed to demonstrate the requisite degree of merit to survive defendant's motion where defendant had probable cause to believe that plaintiff was guilty of a crime; and 2) affirmed in part because plaintiff's claims for defamation and false light invasion of privacy are time-barred.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/07/2011
• Published 11/07/2011

Judges

• TASHIMA

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hal K. Gillespie, Lynne C. Hermle