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5, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007)). A court must accept all well-pleaded facts as true and must draw all reasonable inferences in favor of the plaintiff. Twombly, 550 U.S. at 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955. But a court is not bound to accept as true legal conclusions that are couched as factual allegations. lqbal, 55

ugh facts "to 'state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.' lqbal, 556 U.S. at 663, 129 S.Ct. 1937 (auoting / *570 Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly 550 U.S. 544, 570, 127 S.Ct. 1955, 167 L.Ed.2d 929 (2007)). A court must accept all well-pleaded facts as true and must draw all reasonable infere

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 "

he 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 post Twombly

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,

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 (1st Dep't 19

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