Directors of a California nonprofit aquatic center who sued other directors for breach of fiduciary duty have been awarded approximately $83,000 in attorneys’ fees when two courts have determined that defendants’ motion to dismiss the claim under the state’s anti-SLAPP statute was frivolous. Bruce Ibbetson and Donna Warwick, both directors of the Newport Aquatic center, a public benefit corporation, brought suit against three other directors and the executive director in 2017, asserting 10 causes of action based on alleged financial misconduct and misappropriation of funds. The plaintiffs had raised the issues earlier at public board meetings following an accountant’s report of missing...