(clockwise from top left) Rachel Berlin Benjamin, Milinda Brown, Brian J. Sutherland and Drew Beal of Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown in Atlanta. (Courtesy photos) Case Dismissed: $10K in Attorney Fees Awarded and Anti-SLAPP Motion Granted
"[T]he court took the time to examine the details of the defamation claims and granted our Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike and awarded us almost $10,000.00 in fees on the grounds that any such communications by our client was not defamation," said defense counsel Drew Beal of Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown.
February 20, 2024 at 02:16 PM
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What You Need to Know
- Defense counsel leverage anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss shaman's defamation claims.
- Fulton County Superior Court judge rules The EAST Institute's Jeffrey Glattstein failed to meet minimum standards to survive dismissal motions.
- Additional litigation filed by and against Glattstein remains pending in Cobb and Fulton County Superior Courts.
Litigators with Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown have successfully leveraged Georgia's Anti-SLAPP, or anti-strategic lawsuits against public participation, statute to protect their client from allegations of defamation launched by a shaman accused of sexual assault.
As defense counsel prepare to collect about $10,000 in attorney fees, they're opening up about their ability to both secure the anti-SLAPP motion and prevail at getting plaintiffs Jeffrey Glattstein and The EAST Institute Inc.'s remaining claims against former employee, Nat Brown, dismissed.
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