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) If the moving party fails to demonstrate that the challenged claims arise from protected activity, the motion must be denied without reaching the second prong

17(c) applies, the anti-SLAPP motion must be denied without reaching the second prong

Because RGC is a publicly traded corporation, it is treated as a public figure for purposes of the First Amendment and must satisfy the actual-malice standard to prevail on its trade-libel claim

) Under the actual-malice standard, the plaintiff must show that the defendant published the false statement with "knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not