Commercial Division Blog

Posted: May 16, 2014 / Categories Commercial, Appeals, Upcoming Events

Transcripts and Videos of Arguments in the Court of Appeals for the Week of May 5, 2014, Now Available

On May 1, 2014, we noted four cases of interest from the oral arguments for the week of May 5, 2014:

  • Docket No. 121: Norex Petroleum Limited v. Blavatnik (addressing whether "CPLR 202, New York's borrowing statute, which requires a nonresident plaintiff to satisfy the statute of limitations of New York and of the foreign jurisdiction where the claims accrued" trumps 28 USC § 1367(d) and CPLR 205(a), which toll the statute of limitations to allow plaintiffs to re-file dismissed federal suits in state court, in situations where the foreign jurisdiction has no analogous tolling statute). See the transcript and the video.
  • Docket No. 109: Morpheus Capital Advisors LLC v. UBS AG (considering the effect of an exclusive agency agreement where the buyer was procured by the seller, not a third-party). See the transcript and the video.
  • Docket No. 112: Quadrant Structured Products Co., Ltd. v. Vertin (addressing the following question certified from the Delaware Supreme Court: whether, under New York law, the absence of any reference in the no-action clause to the Securities precludes enforcement only of contractual claims arising under the Indenture, or whether the clause also precludes enforcement of all common law and statutory claims that security holders as a group may have). See the transcript and the video.
  • Docket No. 110: KeySpan Gas East Corporation v. Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (considering whether insurers have a common law duty to make a coverage determination as soon as reasonably possible or forfeit their right to deny coverage). The transcript and video  are not available due to technical difficulties.