Tannerite Sports, LLC v. NBCUniversal News Group

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Tannerite Sports, LLC (“Tannerite”) appeals from an order of dismissal and a judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Scheind-lin, /.). On appeal, we ask whether federal pleading standards, when applied to New York law, require a plaintiff asserting a defamation claim to allege facts demonstrating that the defendant made a false statement. We then consider whether Tan-nerite’s defamation complaint alleged that defendant NBCUniversal News Group (“NBC”) made false statements regarding Tannerite…