Brian Keenan, an Individual Resident of the State of Minnesota v. Computer Associates International, Inc., a Foreign Corporation

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Computer Associates International (CAI) appeals the district court’s 1 denial of CAI’s motion for judgment as matter of law or for a new trial, filed after a jury found for Keenan on his defamation and fraudulent misrepresentation claims in this diversity case. CAI asserts that the district court erred in not finding, as a matter of law, that CAI had established a qualified privilege against liability for defamation under Minnesota law. CAI also asserts that the defamation damage award is excessive and that Keenan failed, as a matter of law, to establish his fraudulent…