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Applied Energetics obtains dismissal with prejudice of defamation claim by Gusrae Kaplan & Nusbaum
APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
- On May 23, 2022, New York Supreme Court granted all defendants' motions to dismiss the defamation per se claim with prejudice.
- The court reached the merits and declined to award sanctions; arguments on time-bar and jurisdiction were not addressed.
- The company is continuing its legal malpractice claim against Gusrae Kaplan & Nusbaum in the Southern District of New York.
- A prior related libel claim in federal court was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice in August 2021.