Order unanimously modified, on the law, to grant defendants' motion to dismiss the fourth cause of action and, as modified, affirmed, without costs.
Memorandum:
Plaintiffs' claim pursuant to Judiciary Law § 487 should have been dismissed for failure to state a cause of action. Assertion of unfounded allegations in a pleading, even if made for improper purposes, does not provide a basis for
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