Lawyer Sued Over YouTube Video Can’t Fight Back With Anti-SLAPP Law

January 31, 2012

It's the medium, not the message, that did in Ropers Majeski partner Thomas Clarke Jr. A California appeal court has ruled that, by posting a YouTube video in which he solicited plaintiffs for a class action, Clarke opened himself up to a defamation suit and can't use the state's anti-SLAPP law to ward it off.