The Georgia Supreme Courtroom indicated Tuesday that it’s going to rethink the road between courtroom bluster and defamatory speech when it granted certiorari contesting the Courtroom of Appeals’ overturning of an anti-SLAPP movement denial in a dispute between two attorneys.
“The [intermediate appeals court’s] opinion makes use of an improper authorized customary that makes it practically unattainable for an extraordinary citizen to carry a defamation motion, and successfully makes it tougher for a non-public determine to carry a defamation declare than a public determine,” mentioned now-appellant counsel Yasha Heidari of the Heidari Energy Legislation Group. “Accordingly, we’re extraordinarily happy that the Supreme Courtroom has agreed that this matter deserves consideration.”
Yasha Heidari of Heidari Energy Legislation Group in Atlanta. Courtesy photograph
