Religious Organization’s Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim Against Anonymous Blogger Survives Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike In California Federal Court

Balancing the rights of businesses to protect their economic interests with the rights of individuals to freely express themselves can be a complicated act requiring nuanced application of the law; even more so when the business is of a religious nature. In a fascinating case out of California, Judge Lucy H. Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, weighed the merits of a trade secret misappropriation claim made by a religious organization against the merits of two anonymous bloggers’ claims under the first amendment.

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