The Georgia Supreme Court indicated Tuesday that it will reconsider the line between courtroom bluster and defamatory speech when it granted certiorari contesting the Court of Appeals’ overturning of an anti-SLAPP motion denial in a dispute between two attorneys.

“The [intermediate appeals court's] opinion uses an improper legal standard that makes it nearly impossible for an ordinary citizen to bring a defamation action, and effectively makes it more difficult for a private figure to bring a defamation claim than a public figure,” said now-appellant counsel Yasha Heidari of the Heidari Power Law Group. “Accordingly, we are extremely pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed that this matter deserves attention.”

Yasha Heidari of Heidari Power Law Group LLC in Atlanta. Courtesy photo Yasha Heidari of Heidari Power Law Group in Atlanta. Courtesy photo