Ben-Shahar

Filed 10/31/14 Certified for Publication 11/24/14 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

ADI BEN-SHAHAR, B250728, B251417

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC502792) v.

DANIEL PICKART et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Richard L. Fruin, Jr., Judge. Affirmed in part and reversed in part. Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, David B. Shapiro, Lynda J. Kim, David D. Samani and Roy G. Weatherup for Defendants and Appellants. Ballard Spahr, Peter Haviland, Daniel M. Benjamin and Ethan Chernin for Plaintiff and Respondent. —————————— Defendants Daniel Pickart, Stephanie Pickart, Savoy Bellavia, Annamarie Bellavia, John Acierno, and Luanne Acierno appeal the denial of their Code of Civil Procedure section 426.161 special motion to strike plaintiff’s first amended complaint. Plaintiff Adi Ben-Shahar cross-appeals the trial court’s denial of his request for attorney fees in defending the motion. We affirm the denial of defendants’ motion to…