• Pristine Jewelers NY Inc. v. Broner

    Publication Date: 2021-11-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Lewis Liman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 18-cv-12155

    Jeweler Wins for Personal Liability on Dishonored Check But Not on Fraudulent Inducement

  • University Sq. San Antonio, Tx. LLC v. Mega Furniture Dezavala LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff-Respondent: Dale A. Worrall of counsel, Harris Beach PLLC, Pittsford.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Michael E. Ferdman of counsel, Barclay Damon, LLP, Buffalo.

    Case Number: CA20-01537

    Court Errs in Denying Tenant's Cross-Motion to Compel Further Discovery, Judgment Reversed

  • Commercial Lubricants LLC v. Safety-Kleen Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-29
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Energy
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Eric Komitee
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 14-CV07483

    Court Dismisses Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Claim

  • World Gold Trust Serv. LLC v. GoldCoin Developers Group LP

    Publication Date: 2021-09-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge John Koeltl
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-cv-4667

    Plaintiff Entitled to Liquidated Damages and Equitable Relief Under Settlement Agreement

  • Coeur Inc. v. Wygal

    Publication Date: 2021-09-24
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Elizabeth Wolford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 6:20-CV-06473

    Former Employee's Contractual Obligation on Trade Secrets Did Not Continue in Perpetuity

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  • Capstone Asset Mgmt. v. Dearborn Capital Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
    Judge: District Judge Denise Cote
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Capstone Asset Management Co., Ltd.: Lee H. Rubin, Mayer Brown LLP, Palo Alto, CA.
    for defendant: Michelle J. Annunziata, Mayer Brown LLP (NY), New York, NY. For Defendants Dearborn Capital Group LLC and Oren Richland: Latisha Vernon Thompson, Morrison Cohen, LLP (NY), New York, NY. Gayle Elise Pollack, Morrison Cohen, LLP (NY), New York, NY.

    Case Number: 21cv997

    Documents That Contain Negotiable Draft Terms Are Not Enforceable or Binding

  • N.Y. Mun. Power Agency v. Town of Massena

    Publication Date: 2021-09-16
    Practice Area: Contracts | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Third Department
    Judge: Presiding Justice Michael Lynch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant-Respondent: Matthew W. O'Neil of counsel, Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC, Syracuse.
    for defendant: For Respondents-Appellants: Janet D. Callahan of counsel, Hancock Estabrook, LLP, Syracuse.

    Case Number: 531465

    Panel Agrees Town's Third Counterclaim Did Not State Viable Claim, Upholds Dismissal

  • A. Servidone Inc. v. The State of New York

    Publication Date: 2021-09-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Claims, Westchester
    Judge: Judge Walter Rivera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimant By: Laurence I. Fox, Esq., Aaron M. Saykin, Esq., Hodgson Russ, LLP.
    for defendant: For Defendant By: Cornelia Mogor, Assistant Attorney General, Erica Pritchard Assistant Attorney General, Hon. Letitia James, Attorney General for the State of New York.

    Case Number: 124043

    County's Enforcement of Flow Control Law Is a Significant Change in Scope and Work

  • Wells Fargo Bank v. Aegon USA Investment Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Associate Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Cascade Investment, LLC, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal National Mortgage Association, Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt L.P., Voya Investment Mgmt LLC, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Kore Advisors, L.P., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Pacific Investment Mgmt Company LLC, Teachers Ins. and Annuity Assoc. of America, TCW Group, Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Western Asset Mgmt. Co. (the "Institutional Investors"), Appellants: Kenneth E. Warner of counsel, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, and David M. Sheeren of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX. For American General Life Insurance Company, American Home Assurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (the "AIG Parties"), Appellants: Kevin S. Reed of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For DW Partners LP and Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. (the "DW/Ellington Parties"), Appellants: David I. Greenberger of counsel, Bailey Duquette P.C., New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Tilden Park Investment Master Fund LP, Tilden Park Management I LLC, and Tilden Park Capital Management LP (the "Tilden Park Parties"), Appellants: Jonathan L. Hochman and Anna Vinogradov of counsel, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York, and Philip Bentley and Andrew Pollack of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For Ambac Assurance Corporation, Appellant: Henry J. Ricardo of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For Poetic Holdings VI LLC, Poetic Holdings VII LLC, and Prophet Mortgage Opportunities LP (the "Prophet and Poetic Parties"), Appellants: Felix J. Gilman and Donald W. Hawthorne of counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the Poetic and Prophet Trusts and as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts, Appellant: Martin Gilmore and Sean Connery of counsel, Perkins Coie LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts (the "HBK Parties"), Appellant: Danielle L. Rose, Zachary D. Rosenbaum and Darryl G. Stein of counsel, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York. For Nover Ventures LLC, Respondent: Robert W. Scheef, Gayle R. Klein, David I. Schiefelbein and Steven R. Fisher of counsel, McKool Smith, P.C., New York. For D.E. Shaw Refraction Portfolios, L.L.C. ("D.E. Shaw"), Respondent: Charles R. Jacob III of counsel, Goulston & Storrs PC, New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, Edward P. Allinson, of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel and Kristin A. Mattiske-Nicholls, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Strategos Capital Management, LLC, Respondent: Mauricio A. España of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York. For Olifant Fund, Ltd., FFI Fund Ltd. and FYI Ltd. (the "Olifant Funds"), Respondents: Diana M. Conner and Peter W. Tomlinson of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For GMO Opportunistic Fund and GMO Global Real Return (the "GMO Parties"), Respondents: Joshua S. Sturm and Marie Killmond of counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York. For Amicus Curiae: Maya D. Cater of counsel, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 657387/17

    Court Determines the Distribution of Global Settlement Payment by JPMorgan to Investors

  • Wedgewood Care Ctr. Inc. v. Kravitz

    Publication Date: 2021-08-27
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Justice Robert Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Respondent: Jeffrey R. Neuman of counsel, Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara, Wolf & Carone, LLP, Lake Success, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellant: Steven Bennett Blau of counsel, Blau Leonard Law Group, LLC, Huntington, NY.

    Case Number: 5545/14

    Court Dismisses Allegation of Breach of Contractual Duty to Cooperate With Nursing Home