Recent Decisions: Defamation Claims and Maintaining Standing Throughout an Action

Boies Schiller Flexner partner Adam Shaw and counsel Jenna Smith published their quarterly article in the New York Law Journal looking at cases of significance in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. This quarter's column focuses on a decision by U.S. District Judge Mae A. D’Agostino mapping the boundaries of a defamation claim and a decision by Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. exploring the requirements to maintain standing throughout an action.