Colyear v. Rolling Hills Community Association of Rancho Palos Verdes (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 119 is a recent example of an anti-“SLAPP” motion being a very powerful defense weapon in HOA litigation. The term “SLAPP” means “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.” SLAPP lawsuits are considered to be “generally meritless suits brought primarily to chill the exercise of free speech or petition rights by the threat of severe economic sanctions against the defendant, and not to vindicate a legally cognizable right.”      Read the article……………….