p0416 Statements a union local published at its website regarding the reason an officer had been removed from union office did not concern an issue of public interest, and the SLAPP statute did not apply to an action arising from them, because they were of interest only to a limited, definable portion of the public and did not occur in the context of an ongoing controversy.CitationDU CHARME v INTERN'L BROTHERHOOD (Union SLAPP) 110 CA4 107 [See: Briggs v Eden Council 19 C4 1106, T/AT 2/99; Damon v Ocean Hills 85 CA4 468, T/AT 1/01; Macias v Hartwell 55 CA4 669, T/AT 7/97; Rivero v AFLCIO 105 CA4 913, T/AT 3/03]
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