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RAPARTHI v. CLARKE

9374, 654875/16.

172 A.D.3d 569 (2019)

98 N.Y.S.3d 742

2019 NY Slip Op 03929

Virupaksha Raparthi et al., Appellants, v. Michael Joseph Clarke, Respondent.

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

Decided May 21, 2019.

The statements on which the defamation counterclaim is based were made in a uniform termination notice for the securities industry (Form U-5), and are therefore protected by an absolute privilege (Rosenberg v MetLife, Inc., 8 N.Y.3d 359 [2007]). Defendant's allegation that plaintiff Raparthi, in completing the compulsory form on behalf of his firm and explaining the reasons for defendant's termination, acted outside the scope of...

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