Okoli v. Paul Hastings LLP

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Cynthia Kern, J.), *540entered September 19, 2012, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, unanimously affirmed, with costs; order, same court and Justice, entered December 14, 2012, which, to the extent appealed from, denied plaintiffs motion for leave to file an amended complaint and to modify the prior order, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court properly dismissed the slander per se claim because the alleged defamatory statements were made during a judicial proceeding and may be considered pertinent to that proceeding (see Sexier…