Worker's Email Threat Is Extortion, Not Anti-SLAPP Covered

By Kat Greene ( June 16, 2014, 8:12 PM EDT) -- A California appeals court on Friday reversed an order that struck a cross-complaint in a wrongful termination and defamation suit, finding that the plaintiff sent an email that amounted to extortion and was therefore not protected by anti-SLAPP law. . . .

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