Category: Tortious Interference

On December 6, 2022, the First Department issued a decision in 4720 Third Ave. Hous. LLC v. CA Ventures LLC, 2022 NY Slip Op. 06879, holding that a tortious interference with prospective business relations claim failed for lack of allegations of wrongful conduct . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference With Prospective Business Relations Claim Fails for Lack of Allegations of Wrongful Conduct

On November 3, 2022, the First Department issued a decision in Taxi Tours Inc. v. Go N.Y. Tours, Inc., 2022 NY Slip Op. 06186, holding that a tortious interference with prospective business relations claim failed for lack of allegations of conduct amounting to a crime or an independent tort . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference with Prospective Business Relations Claim Fails for Lack of Allegations of Criminal or Tortious Conduct

On April 26, 2022, the First Department issued a decision in Bradbury v. Israel, 2022 NY Slip Op. 02754, holding that only a stranger to a contract can be liable for tortious interference with that contract . . . Continue reading Only Stranger to a Contract Can be Liable for Tortious Interference

On December 27, 2021, Justice Schecter of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Resorts Group, Inc. v. Cerberus Capital Mgt., L.P., 2021 NY Slip Op. 32797(U), holding that a parent entity cannot be liable for tortious interference when the parent, motivated by economic incentives to protect its interest in its subsidiary, causes its subsidiary to breach a contract . . . Continue reading Parent not Liable for Tortious Interference When It Causes Subsidiary to Breach to Protect its Interest in its Subsidiary

On July 28, 2021, the Second Department issued a decision in  Stuart’s, LLC v. Edelman, 2021 NY Slip Op. 04569, holding that a claim for tortious interference with business relations failed for lack of evidence of the defendant’s use of wrongful means . . . Continue reading Tortious Interference With Business Relations Claim Fails for Lack of Evidence of the Defendant’s Use of Wrongful Means