Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. v. McNulty

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• finding that a memorandum distributed to employees about a co- worker’s employment-related misconduct was protected by the common interest privilege
• dismissing defamation counterclaim where statement “[did] not imply that [counterclaimant] engaged in any misconduct other than that alleged in the Complaint” in another action
• taking judicial notice of complaint filed in related matter to assess whether the allegedly defamatory statement was substantially truthful in summarizing the allegations of that complaint
• dismissing plaintiff’s defamation claim where the allegations that the employer acted maliciously are “conclusory and unsupported by any factual allegation”
• dismissing defamation claim based on memorandum where plaintiff failed to identify to whom, when, and where the memorandum was distributed
• dismissing breach of contract claim where plaintiff failed to “adequately plead facts showing that [defendant] breached the terms of the contract”

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