Mealey's ( May 16, 2025, 1:52 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel on May 16 affirmed a trial court’s denial of an anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) motion filed by the owner of an animal care nonprofit seeking to strike allegations by a deceased homeless man’s daughter who accuses the owner of stealing her father’s dog and later euthanizing it in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), writing that the conduct at issue was not protected speech activity....