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stituting fault as judged by, at a minimum, a negligence standard, and, it must either cause special harm or constitute defamation per se." 5 Under New York's choice-of-law rules for defamation actions, the general rule is that "the state of the plaintiff's domicile (in this case, Colorado) will usually ha

than does Colorado. Nonetheless, the laws of Colorado and New York are substantially similar. For these reasons, Ms. Maxwell asks the Court to apply New York law, but will note any differences between the two laws when applicable. 7 EFTA00595594 Case 1:15-cv-07433-RWS Document 15 Filed 12/01/15 Page 13

.2d 467, 477 (S.D.N.Y. 2013) 7 Armstrong v. Simon & Schuster, Inc., 625 N.Y.S.2d 477 (1995) 7 Ashcroft v. lqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009) 6 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007) 7 Biro v. Conde Nast, 883 F.Supp.2d 441, 457 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) 7, 12 Caplan v. Winslet, 218 A.D.2d 148, 153 (1

ew York. As a result, personal jurisdiction over the 21 EFTA00307118 Defendants would have to be based on tortious conduct allegedly committed in New York. CPLR 302(a)(2). As explained below, however, there are insufficient allegations of tortious conduct during the limitations period upon which Plaint

andards applicable to fraud based claims, it also fails to meet the more relaxed pleading standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Igbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009). These two decisions set forth the basic requirements for pleading a

r confirms, under oath, that Fancelli Paneling, Inc. was served with the summons and the FAC at its business address located at 24 East 64th Street, New York, NY 10021, in care of its president, Mr. Jean Pierre Fancelli, through Mr. Christian Barthod who verified to the process server that he worked at Fa

a light most favorable to the non-movant, Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Complaint with Points and Authorities should be denied in its entirety. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007), Ashcroft v. !Oat 556 U.S. , 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009), Fowler v. UPMC Shadyside, 578 F.3d 203, 210- 211 (3r° Cir. 200

(primarily N.Y. state) cases in which the plaintiffs, unlike herself, properly alleged facts which could serve to defeat a qualified privilege. As New York's highest court found: While there are numerous cases in the books in which it is said that as to privileged communications the good faith of the def

the malice question, the court noted that the truth of defendant's letter was irrelevant. Instead, the letter was privileged because it amounted 5 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544 (2007); Ashcroft v. lqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009). 6 Not surprisingly, Plaintiff does not cite to a single federal authority p

the statute. III. The Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction Over Defendants The Complaint alleges without elaboration that Defendants are residents of New York. Cplt. ¶ ¶ 4, 8. However, the Complaint alleges no facts to support this assertion. in fact, as you know, you cannot support these allegations of

andards applicable to fraud based claims, it also fails to meet the more relaxed pleading standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Igbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009). These two decisions set forth the basic requirements for pleading a

2017 Page 10 III. The Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction Over Defendants The Complaint alleges without elaboration that Defendants are residents of New York. Cplt. II 4, 8. However, the Complaint alleges no facts to support this assertion. In fact, as you know, you cannot support these allegations of tie

andards applicable to fraud based claims, it also fails to meet the more relaxed pleading standards set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007) and Ashcroft v. Igbal, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009). These two decisions set forth the basic requirements for pleading a