On January 7, 2021, the First Department issued a decision in Bison Capital Corp. v. Hunton & Williams LLP, 2021 NY Slip Op. 00082, holding that a former client can bring breach of contract, as well as malpractice, claims against counsel . . .
On January 5, 2021, the First Department issued a decision in MLRN LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A., 2021 NY Slip Op. 00025, holding that a party may not relitigate an issue of law that it lost in an earlier lawsuit . . .
On December 24, 2020, Justice Sherwood of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Solomon Capital, LLC v. Lion Biotechnologies, Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op. 34359(U), holding that a verified complaint has the same effect as an affidavit . . .
On December 31, 2020, Justice Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Darabont v. AMC Network Entertainment LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op. 34342(U), holding that the law of the case doctrine applies to actions consolidated for trial . . .
On January 5, 2021, the First Department issued a decision in Bauhouse Group I, Inc. v. Kalikow, 2021 NY Slip Op. 00001, holding that res judicata barred a plaintiff from relitigating previously-litigated claims . . .
On December 30, 2020, the Second Department issued a decision in Fakiris v. Gusmar Enters., LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op. 08039, holding that a plaintiff waived its right to a jury trial by pleading both legal and equitable claims . . .
On December 22, 2020, Justice Schecter of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in D.E. Shaw Composite Holdings, L.L.C. v. Terraform Power, LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op. 34294(U), dismissing a claim for mutual mistake . . .
On December 23, 2020, Justice Cohen of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Playboy Enters. Intl., Inc. v. Meredith Corp., 2020 NY Slip Op. 34295(U), holding that a defendant was bound by a contractual indemnification provision . . .
On December 9, 2020, Justice Emerson of the Suffolk County Commercial Division issued a decision in Mari v. Quatela, 2020 NY Slip Op. 34274(U), holding that a shareholder in a dissolved limited liability company has standing to bring a derivative action . . .