An appellate court in New York has affirmed the dismissal of counterclaims by the National Rifle Association seeking to throw out a suit by the state Attorney General for widespread and longstanding executive malfeasance. It has affirmed the traditional standard of needing only to show “probable cause” to overcome a defendant’s claim of retaliatory litigation. The Attorney General initiated her suit in August 2020 to impose sanctions on the Association and four of its top executives and to dissolve the corporation. A trial court has previously ruled that the AG did not have grounds to dissolve the Association ( See Nonprofit Issues® , Vol. XXXII, No. 2, “NY AG May Not Sue to Dissolve...