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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

513, 516 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) 16, 21 Kirk v. Heppt, 532 F.Supp.2d 586 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) 14 Krepps v. Reiner, 588 F.Supp.2d 471, 483 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) 7 Liberman v. Gelstein, 80 N.Y.2d 429, 590 (N.Y. 1992) 22 McNamee v. Clemens, 762 F.Supp.2d 584, 601 (E.D.N.Y. 2011) 19 Mencher v. Chesley, 85 N.Y.S.2d 431

must determine whether attorney's conduct would tend to taint underlying trial. I Cases that cite this headnote 161 Limitation of ActionsinTorts New York's single publication rule is that defamation claim accrues at publication, defined as earliest date on which work was placed on sale or became gener

ginal U.S. Government Works. 10 EFTA00100694 Dershowitz, 410 F.Supp.3d 564 (2019) qualified privilege in New York. 165 F. Supp. 3d at 155; cf. Liberman v. Gelstein 80 N.Y.2d 429, 438, 590 N.Y.S.2d 857, 605 N.E.2d 344 (N.Y. 1992). The New York Court of Appeals has defined constitutional malice as "

(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

for determining whether a statement concerning a plaintiffs business, profession or trade is libelous per se follows the same rules, articulated in Liberman..., as the standard for slander per se." Id. Jewell v. NYP Holdings, Inc., 23 F.Supp.2d 348, 400 (S.D.N.Y 1998). In fact, addressing a libel claim,