Mealey's (September 9, 2021, 1:30 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel on Sept. 3 affirmed the denial of a social media influencer’s special motion to strike a lawsuit brought against him by a bakery for libel, slander and violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL) after he excoriated the bakery online for a cake it made for his son’s birthday, finding that the influencer’s statements did not pertain to any public interest....