HIGHLAND CAPITAL MGT., L.P. v. STERN

5432, 160524/16.

157 A.D.3d 501 (2018)

66 N.Y.S.3d 603

2018 NY Slip Op 00230

HIGHLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., Appellant-Respondent, v. GEOFFREY STERN et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided January 11, 2018.


Defendant Stern's statement to the Wall Street Journal, that plaintiff investment advisor "just took our money," fell within the statutory privilege against libel claims for the publication of a fair and true report of a judicial proceeding (Civil Rights Law § 74; see Alf v Buffalo News, Inc., 21 N.Y.3d 988, 989 [2013]; Holy Spirit Assn. for Unification of World Christianity v New York Times Co., 49 N...

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