The Associated Press v. All Headline News Corp. et al

MOTION to Dismiss and Notice of Motion to Dismiss Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12. Document

S.D.N.Y.February 29, 2008

-1- Eric A. Prager (EP-0964) Atul R. Singh (AS-0873) Robert L. Jacobson DARBY & DARBY P.C. 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Telephone: 212.527.7700 Facsimile: 212.527.7701 Email: eprager@darbylaw.com Attorneys for Defendants UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------x THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, : : Plaintiff, : No. 1:08-CV-000323 (PKC) : ECF CASE v. : : ALL HEADLINE NEWS CORP., ET AL., : : Defendants. : ---------------------------------------------------------------x DEFENDANTS’ MOTION AND NOTICE OF MOTION TO DISMISS UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 12 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Defendants All Headline News Corp., AHN Media Corp., W. Jeffrey Brown and Danielle George hereby respectfully move this Court before the Honorable P. Kevin Castel, on a date and time as soon as counsel may be heard, for an order dismissing Counts I and III to VII against all defendants pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and dismissing the Complaint in its entirety against individual defendants Case 1:08-cv-00323-PKC Document 7 Filed 02/29/2008 Page 1 of 3 -2- Brown and George under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and 12(b)(6), for the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum of Law. Dated: February 29, 2008 New York, New York Respectfully submitted, By: s/ Atul R. Singh Eric A. Prager (EP-0964) Atul R. Singh (AS-0873) Robert L. Jacobson DARBY & DARBY P.C. 7 World Trade Center 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007 Telephone: 212.527.7700 Facsimile: 212.527.7701 Attorneys for Defendants Case 1:08-cv-00323-PKC Document 7 Filed 02/29/2008 Page 2 of 3 -3- CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing Defendants’ Motion and Notice of Motion to Dismiss Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12 was submitted to the Court's CM/ECF system on February 29, 2008 for service through the Court’s Electronic Transmission Facilities upon the following: Andrew Lawrence Deutsch Christine M. Jaskiewicz DLA Piper US LLP (NY) 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Counsel for Plaintiff s/ Atul R. Singh By: Atul R. Singh Case 1:08-cv-00323-PKC Document 7 Filed 02/29/2008 Page 3 of 3