Publication Date: 2021-02-19
Practice Area: Consumer Protection | White Collar Crime
Industry: Financial Services and Banking | State and Local Government
Court: Appellate Division, First Department
Judge: Justice Troy Webber
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the State of New York and Letitia James, Respondents-Appellants: Ester Murdukhayeva and Steven C. Wu of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, New York.
for defendant: For Northern Leasing Systems, Inc., Lease Finance Group LLC, MBF Leasing LLC, Lease Source-LSI, LLC, Golden Eagle Leasing LLC, Pushpin Holdings LLC, Jay Cohen and Neil Hertzman, Respondents-Appellants: Andrew J. Levander, Neil Steiner and Patrick Andriola of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York, Robert D. Lillienstein and Scott E. Silberfein of counsel, Moses & Singer LLP, New York.
For Joseph I. Sussman, Joseph I. Sussman, P.C. and Eliyahu R. Babad, Appellants-Respondents: Robert A. Freilich and Mark M. Rottenberg of counsel, Rottenberg Lipman Rich, P.C., New York.
Case Number: 450460/16
Party's Conduct in Procuring EFLs Falls in 'Sham Exception' to 'Noerr-Pennington' Doctrine