p0713 Unconditional repeal of a special remedial statute without a saving clause stops all pending actions where the repeal finds them, so an amendment to the anti-SLAPP statute exempting from its coverage actions brought in the public interest could be applied to an action that arose before it went into effect.CitationNORTHERN CALIFORNIA CARPENTERS v WARMINGTON (Retroactive SLAPP Exemption) 124 CA4 296 [See: CCP 425.16, 425.17; Brenton v Metabolife 116 CA4 679, P/AT 5/04; Physicians v Tyson 119 CA4 120, P/AT 7/04; Governing Board v Mann 18 C3 819]
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