Plaintiff sued under NY Judiciary Law §487 and for libel against the legal defendants stemming from their representation of plaintiff in the disposed underlying medical malpractice action where they allegedly engaged in deceit upon the court and published false information about plaintiff on their website.

Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the Judiciary Law claim failed as a matter of law because plaintiff lacked standing as the firm owed no duty to her, and she requested remedies not available under the Judiciary Law.

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