Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP | USA | 10 Dec 2008
Plaintiffs’ attorneys hoping to find a way around the holding in Rosenberg v. MetLife, Inc., 8 N.Y.3d 359, 834 N.Y.S.2d 494 (2007), which gave employers an absolute privilege against defamation claims for the content of Form U5 filings, were recently dealt a blow by the New York State Supreme Court’s decision in Barclays Capital Inc. v. Shen, 857 N.Y.S.2d 873 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. County 2008).
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