Commercial Division Blog: Current Developments in the Commercial Divisions of the New York State Courts

On January 29, 2024, Justice Andrea Masley of the New York County Commercial Division, issued a decision in One PPW Owner, LLC v IBI Group, 2024 NY Slip Op 30330(U), Index No. 653862/2020, granting third-party defendants’ motion for reargument of the Court’s prior decision denying their motion to dismiss a claim for contribution against them, and upon rearugment, dismissing the contribution claim against them. The Court accepted the third-party defendants’ argument that First Department case law required that the contribution claim against them be dismissed because the damages sought on the underlying claim for malpractice were purely economic in nature. The Court explained: Read More

In a Decision and Order, dated October 25, 2023, in Prospect Capital Corp. v. Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Index No. 653941/2022, Justice Margaret A. Chan granted plaintiff’s motion for reargument and, upon reargument, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss. The case concerned plaintiff’s claim for legal malpractice in connection with services rendered by defendants while negotiating the terms of a subordinated debt agreement. The Court had previously granted defendants’ motion to dismiss due to failure to allege causation or damages. However, upon reargument, the Court explained: Read More