Georgia Court of Appeals

Joshua David Mellberg, LLC et al.. v. The Impact Partnership, LLC et al..

A20A0004 June 3, 2020 Affirmed

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What the court decided

The legal issue involved whether a revised anti-SLAPP statute applied retroactively to bar a defamation claim based on a press release filed before the statute's amendment. The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's denial, holding that applying the new statute retroactively to prior filings is not permitted under Georgia law.