Following a union judicial panel proceeding, plaintiffs were found guilty of violating the union’s prohibitions against anti-LGBTQ bigotry, racism, and sexist behavior and removed from their positions as an officer and an employee. Plaintiffs then sued defendants asserting various causes of action based on defendants’ alleged disclosure of text messages and a confidential mediation brief that defendants used to draft the charges in the judicial panel proceeding. Defendants responded with a special motion to strike pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16), and the trial court granted the motion, in part.
On appeal, plaintiffs contend the stricken claims did not arise from protected activity and, alternatively, those claims had the “‘requisite minimal merit’” to defeat the anti-SLAPP motion. (Baral, supra, 1 Cal.5th at p. 385.) We conclude the alleged judicial panel proceedings were “official proceeding[s] authorized by law” within the meaning of section 425.16, subdivision (e)(2) and plaintiffs did not demonstrate their challenged claims had the requisite minimal merit. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s order.
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