Two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit wrote separately on Thursday critiquing the court’s practice of taking up appeals of failed anti-SLAPP motions.
The ruling considers a motion to strike under California’s anti-SLAPP statute—a law blocking litigation that seeks to silence free speech.

(L-R) Ninth Circuit Judges M. Margaret McKeown and Roopali H. Desai. Photos: Jason Doiy /ALM; Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

