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DEFAMATION ACTION PROPERLY SURVIVED PRE-DISCOVERY MOTION TO DISMISS, APPLICABILITY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW PRIVILEGE FOR REPORTING ON A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING NOT DEMONSTRATED AS A MATTER OF LAW (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department determined defendant publisher (Bloomberg) was not entitled to dismissal of a defamation action based upon the publication of articles about police investigations of a Hong Kong investment company. The court found that the Civil Rights Law privilege for reporting on a judicial proceeding could not be applied as a matter of law at the pre-discovery stage:

New York Civil Rights Law § 74 states, in pertinent part: “A civil action cannot be maintained . . . for the publication of a fair and true report of any judicial proceeding, legislative proceeding or other official proceeding.” Here, we disagree with the Supreme Court’s determination that the privilege is inapplicable to reporting on foreign official proceedings … . Nevertheless, we agree with the court’s denial of that branch of Bloomberg’s motion which was to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7), inasmuch as the challenged statements were not privileged under Civil Rights Law § 74. When the challenged statements are viewed in context, it cannot be said as a matter of law that the statements provide a substantially accurate reporting of the two police investigations … . Moreover, we agree with the court’s determination that the plaintiff, at this pre-discovery stage, adequately alleged the element of gross irresponsibility … . Stone v Bloomberg L.P., 2018 NY Slip Op 05515, Second Dept 7-25-18

DEFAMATION (DEFAMATION ACTION PROPERLY SURVIVED PRE-DISCOVERY MOTION TO DISMISS, APPLICABILITY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW PRIVILEGE FOR REPORTING ON A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING NOT DEMONSTRATED AS A MATTER OF LAW (SECOND DEPT))/CIVIL RIGHTS LAW (DEFAMATION ACTION PROPERLY SURVIVED PRE-DISCOVERY MOTION TO DISMISS, APPLICABILITY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW PRIVILEGE FOR REPORTING ON A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING NOT DEMONSTRATED AS A MATTER OF LAW (SECOND DEPT))/PRIVILEGE (DEFAMATION ACTION PROPERLY SURVIVED PRE-DISCOVERY MOTION TO DISMISS, APPLICABILITY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW PRIVILEGE FOR REPORTING ON A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING NOT DEMONSTRATED AS A MATTER OF LAW (SECOND DEPT))

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