Private Attorney General, SLAPP: Sandlin Decision Now Certified For Publication

Real Party Has Another Crack At A $86,000 Fee Request Under Private Attorney General And SLAPP Statutes.

            On May 21, 2020, we posted on Sandlin v. McLaughlin, Case Nos. G057264 et seq. (4^th Dist., Dist. 3 May 19, 2020 unpublished; certified for publication on June 17, 2020).  There, the 4/3 DCA reversed and remanded a real party’s fee request of $86,000 in an election candidate statement dispute where real party ultimately prevailed such that the fee request was not moot.  Real party sought fees under both the private attorney general and SLAPP statutes, with both needing to be considered on remand.