Judge Grants Anti-SLAPP Motion in Drobot Defamation Complaint

Michael D. Drobot could be ordered to pay $63,000 for legal fees and costs incurred by three law firms after a Southern California judge granted a motion to dismiss the $60 million defamation complaint he filed. But attorneys for Drobot say they will appeal and the fight is far from being over. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard E. Rico on Thursday granted an anti-SLAPP motion filed on behalf of Kabateck Brown Kellner, Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy and Knox Ricksen that he called a "slam dunk."  Rico said during a motion hearing that the law firms satisfied the first pr...