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OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs Anthony Bobulinski and Stefan Passantino (“Plaintiffs”) bring this action against Defendant Jessica Tarlov, asserting claims of defamation directly and by implication as to both Plaintiffs and injurious falsehood as to Passantino. Before the Court is Tarlov’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim and motion for attorney’s fees under New York’s anti-SLAPP law. For the reasons that follow, the motion to dismiss is granted. And because the Court concludes that the mandatory fee-shifting provision of New York’s anti-SLAPP law applies in federal court, Tarlov’s motion for attorney’s fees is also granted. I. Background A. Factual Background The following facts are drawn from the allegations in Plaintiffs’ complaint (see ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”)), which are presumed true for the purpose of resolving Tarlov’s motion to dismiss. Fink v. Time Warner Cable, 714 F.3d 739, 740-41 (2d Cir. 2013). Anthony Bobulinski is a “successful businessman” and former “business partner” of Hunter Biden. (Compl.

8, 11.) Stefan Passantino is an attorney and founder of Elections LLC who represented Bobulinski in front of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability (“House Oversight Committee”). (Id.

 
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