Legal Opinion
TEST MASTERS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC. v. NYP Holdings, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 26, 2009No. 06-CV-11407 (BSJ)PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARBARA S. JONES, District Judge.
I. Factual Background
Plaintiff Test Masters Educational Services, Inc. (“Test Masters”), a Texas corporation that offers test preparation classes, 1 brings suit against NYP Holdings (“NYP”) and Heidi Singer for an allegedly libelous article, published in The New York Post (the “Post”) and written by Singer, who was formerly employed as a reporter for the Post. Defendants argue that the article is absolutely privileged under New York Civil Rights Law § 74, which provides that “[a] civil action cannot be maintained ... for the publication of a fair and true…
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