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David E. Fink, Kenneth D. Kronstadt | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

California’s anti-SLAPP statute was enacted in 1992 to prevent lawsuits that would have a chilling effect on First Amendment protected free speech.1 The anti-SLAPP statute provides a mechanism for an early determination of such claims, as well as an attorneys’ fees provision that...

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Ira Spiegel | EisnerAmper LLP

Editor: Please tell us about your background and current practice. Spiegel: I started in public accounting as an auditor, was hired away by a client and spent 15 years in private industry as a controller, corporate controller and vice president of finance until the recession of the early...

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P. John Burke | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: Please tell us about your professional background. Burke: I grew up in Toronto, Canada, and I came down here to go to school. I attended USC undergrad, Southwestern School of Law and then NYU, where I obtained an LLM in taxation, graduating in 1978. I started work at Kaplan, Livingston...