Landlord and tenant – SLAPP – Counterclaims
Where a plaintiff commercial landlord has filed a special motion to dismiss counterclaims asserted by the defendant tenant, that motion should be denied under the anti-SLAPP statute (G.L.c. 231, §59H), as the counterclaims are based on the landlord’s conduct in relation to the parties’ lease, not on the landlord’s petitioning activity. “Plaintiff lessor 75 State