In a 65-page opinion issued today, Judge Oetken allowed Peter Paul Biro, who is known for art authentication through fingerprint analysis, to proceed with certain of his defamation and related claims arising from a July 2010 New Yorker article raising questions about him. The article itself is appended to the decision. The defendants had moved to dismiss the complaint in its entirety, and, while Judge Oetken concluded that “most of Biro’s claims for defamation based on the express statements contained in the Article or alleged implications that can be drawn from the Article must be dismissed,” he determined that certain specific statements were potentially actionable. Judge Oetken also determined that the “overall impact” of the article was not defamatory and rejected any claim under that theory:
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