Suevon Lee

August 21, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

After three years of legal wrangling, a sailing group in North Carolina and the bearer of the prestigious America's Cup trophy reached a settlement late last month following court-ordered mediation in New York's Commercial Division.

By Suevon Lee

6 minute read

August 19, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lawrence Marks on Monday halted the Washington Nationals from stripping a Baltimore Orioles-controlled sports network of its game telecast rights pending the outcome of an arbitration ruling challenge.

By Suevon Lee

4 minute read

August 13, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

The Office of Court Administration released guidelines Tuesday on obtaining electronic discovery from nonparties in the Commercial Division that are set to take effect Sept. 2.

By Suevon Lee

4 minute read

August 11, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

A regional sports channel is calling foul on an arbitration award issued by a three-member committee of Major League Baseball team owners that requires the network to pay an additional $20 million a year in telecast rights fees to the Washington Nationals team franchise.

By Suevon Lee

4 minute read

August 08, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Broadly applying the term: commerce - a unanimous panel of the First Department has held that the Federal Arbitration Act applies to agreements governing entities that own and invest in commercial real estate.

By Suevon Lee

6 minute read

August 08, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Broadly applying the term 'commerce,' a unanimous panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, on Thursday ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act applies to agreements governing entities that own and invest in commercial real estate.

By Suevon Lee

5 minute read

August 07, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

The newest rule to affect Commercial Division practice doesn't usher in so much of a sea change as it does codify an already trending practice among the judges' parts: individual time slots for hearings.

By Suevon Lee

2 minute read

August 06, 2014 | Law.com

A New York-based not-for-profit professional society dedicated to scientific research and exploration won an injunction against an alcoholic beverages distributor whose line of whiskies uses the group's name under the Johnnie Walker brand.

By Suevon Lee

4 minute read

August 05, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

New York's chief administrative judge signed a new order Monday establishing an 18-month pilot program where complex commercial practitioners no longer in active practice would back up Commercial Division judges.

By Suevon Lee

3 minute read

August 01, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

For James Brady—investor, businessman and crusader against the corporate forces he believes have trampled over his rights—every fight must come at a cost. Not least of all, the one that has consumed him for the last seven years.

By Suevon Lee

15 minute read