On April 29, 2025, the First Department issued a decision in Manorhaven Capital LLC v. Marc J. Bern & Partners, LLP, 2025 NY Slip Op. 02551, holding that a breach of contract claim cannot be based on alleged trivial deviations from a contract’s notice provisions . . . Continue reading Breach of Contract Claim Cannot Be Based on Alleged Trivial Deviation from Contract’s Notice Provisions
On April 23, 2025, the Second Department issued a decision in Central Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Estate of Marshal R. Korman, 2025 NY Slip Op 02313, holding that a fraudulent inducement claim failed for failure adequately to allege that a misrepresentation was material . . . Continue reading Fraudulent Inducement Claim Fails for Failure Adequately to Allege Materiality
On April 23, 2025, the Second Department issued a decision in HLI Rail & Rigging, LLC v. Franklin Exhibit Mgt. Group, LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op. 02330, upholding on a motion to dismiss veil piercing claims based on corporate domination . . . Continue reading Veil Piercing Claims Based on Corporate Domination Upheld on Motion to Dismiss
On April 23, 2025, the Second Department issued a decision in Kraus v. Credit Control Servs., Inc., 2025 NY Slip Op. 02336, holding that a FDCPA claim failed for insufficient allegations of damages . . . Continue reading FDCPA Claim Fails for Insufficient Allegations of Damages
The Commercial Division Advisory Council and the Historical Society of the New York Courts recently released a new film discussing the Commercial Division. It features the chief legal officers of prominent companies and prominent state court judges. Continue reading New Film About the Commercial Division
On April 24, 2025, the First Department issued a decision in Matter of Wiener v. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 2025 NY Slip Op. 02432, holding that parties that parties that benefitted from an agreement were bound by its arbitration provision . . . Continue reading Parties Benefitting from Agreement Bound by its Arbitration Provision
On February 7, 2025, Justice Jamieson of the Westchester County Commercial Division issued a decision in Pepsico, Inc. v. Crystal Springs Resorts/Minerals Hotel, 2025 NY Slip Op. 50515(U), holding that advertising mentioning a business’s proximity to New York was insufficient to create personal jurisdiction in New York . . . Continue reading Advertising Mentioning a Business’s Proximity to New York Insufficient to Create Personal Jurisdiction in New York
On April 14, 2025, Justice Reed of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in DOIT Hospitality Del. LLC v. Reuben Bros. Ltd., 2025 NY Slip Op. 50532(U), ordering a plaintiff to produce a witness who lived outside the United States for an in-person deposition in New York . . . Continue reading Plaintiff Ordered to Produce Witness Who Lived Outside the US for an In-Person Deposition in New York
On April 16, 2025, the Second Department issued a decision in Nechadim Corp. v. 500 Putnam St. Realty, LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op. 02214, holding that a party that sold its interest in property lacked standing to defend a foreclosure action relating to it . . . Continue reading Party That Sold its Interest in Property Lacked Standing to Defend a Foreclosure Action Relating to It
On April 17, 2025, the First Department issued a decision in Soloway v. CIM Group, LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op. 02285, allowing a party that did not sign an agreement to arbitrate to enforce the arbitration provision . . . Continue reading Party That Did Not Sign Agreement to Arbitrate Allowed to Enforce the Provision Against a Signatory
