On December 27, 2025, Justice Masley of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in AMTAX Holdings 227, LLC v. Cohnreznick LLP, 2025 NY Slip Op. 35086(U), holding that normally, accountants do not have fiduciary duties to their clients . . . Continue reading Accountant Does Not Have Fiduciary Duties to Clients
On December 31, 2025, Justice Masley of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Alliance Equity Group LLC v. Weiss, 2025 NY Slip Op. 35091(U), holding that a promissory note’s reference to other agreements did not make it not an instrument for the payment of money only for purposes of CPLR 3213 . . . Continue reading Note’s Reference to Other Agreements Did Not Make it Not a Instrument for Payment of Money Only Under CPLR 3213
On January 15, 2026, Justice Jamieson of the Westchester County Commercial Division issued a decision in Gonzalez v. Marte, 2026 NY Slip Op. 50058(U), holding that nail and mail service was improper because of a lack of due diligence in locating the defendant . . . Continue reading Nail and Mail Service Improper Because of Lack of Due Diligence in Locating Defendant
On January 5, 2026, Justice Masley of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Bank of India, N.Y. Branch v. Anaya Gems, Inc., 2026 NY Slip Op. 30029(U), dismissing a RICO claim for failure adequately to allege a RICO enterprise . . . Continue reading RICO Claim Dismissed for Failure Adequately to Allege a RICO Enterprise
On January 20, 2026, the First Department issued a decision in Century First Credit Solutions, Inc. v. Priority Capital, LLC, 2026 NY Slip Op. 00224, holding that a corporate officer who participates in and benefits from a company’s tort can be individually liable for it . . . Continue reading Corporate Officer Who Commits and Benefits From a Tort Can be Individually Liable
On January 22, 2026, the First Department issued a decision in EPAC Tech. LTD v. Interforum S.A., 2026 NY Slip Op. 00308, holding that the French blocking statute did not bar discovery in a New York action . . . Continue reading French Blocking Statute Did Not Bar Discovery in New York Action
On December 18, 2025, Justice Boddie of the Kings County Commercial Division issued a decision in World Dance Enters., Inc. v. Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Hgts. 128 Montague St. LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op. 34939(U), holding that the failure to procure insurance required by a lease is not curable by procuring insurance prospectively . . . Continue reading Failure to Procure Insurance Required by Lease is not Curable by Procuring Insurance Prospectively
On December 22, 2025, Justice Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in George S. Kaufman Charitable Found. v. Kearns, 2025 NY Slip Op. 34956(U), holding that the fact that parties designated documents as confidential is, without more, an insufficient basis to justify sealing them . . . Continue reading That Parties Designated Documents as Confidential is, Without More, Insufficient Basis to Justify Sealing
On December 19, 2025, Justice Boddie of the Kings County Commercial Division issued a decision in Cross Riv. Bank v. Breadberry Lakewood, LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op. 34968(U), holding that a guaranty must be read together with contemporaneous loan documents . . . Continue reading Guaranty Must Be Read Together With Contemporaneous Loan Documents
On December 23, 2025, Justice Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Truist Equip. Fin. Corp. v. Tebele, 2025 NY Slip Op. 35031(U), holding that Continue reading Assignee of Claim Has Standing to Continue an Action Brought in the Assignor’s Name Without Substitution
