Gerbosi

This appeal arises from two of many lawsuits seeking damages allegedly caused by the activities of private investigator Anthony Pellicano arid others. Michael Gerbosi has filed a complaint against Pellicano and Gaims, Weil, West & Epstein, LLP (Gaims), 1 a law firm that allegedly accepted the fruits of Pellicano’s activities. Erin Finn has also filed a complaint against Gaims. This appeal follows protracted proceedings on separate anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) motions filed by Gaims to strike Gerbosi’s and Finn’s complaints. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.) 2 The trial court issued an order denying both motions, leaving Gerbosi’s and Finn’s complaints to proceed unabated against Gaims. *440 Later, the court entered an order jointly awarding attorneys’ fees to Gerbosi and Finn in the amount of roughly $220,000.

Gaims appealed and we affirm the trial court’s rulings on Gaims’s antiSLAPP motion to strike Gerbosi’s complaint. All of Gerbosi’s causes of action against the law firm may proceed, and Gerbosi may recover attorneys’ fees incurred in opposing the anti-SLAPP motion. We affirm in part the trial court’s rulings on Gaims’s anti-SLAPP…