WILKES & McHUGH P.A. v. LTC CONSULTING, L.P.

306 Ga. 252

FINAL COPY S19A0146. WILKES & McHUGH, P.A. et al. v. LTC CONSULTING, L.P. et al. BOGGS, Justice. This case presents the first opportunity for this Court to consider the effects of the General Assembly’s wholesale revision in 2016 of the anti-SLAPP statute, OCGA § 9-11-11.1, which now substantially mirrors California Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16. We vacate the trial court’s denial of the defendants’ anti-SLAPP motion at issue in this case, and we remand the case with direction to reconsider the motion under the proper standards. LTC Consulting, L.P. and two affiliated entities…