On December 2, 2020, Justice Platkin of the Albany County Commercial Division issued a decision in Rockmore v. Plastic Surgery Assoc., LLP, 2020 NY Slip Op. 51461(U), dismissing a breach of fiduciary duty claim as duplicative of a breach of contract claim because it was based on the breach of contractual. . . .
On December 11, 2020, Justice Borrok of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Fein v. Berger, 2020 NY Slip Op. 34148(U), holding that litigants were required to arbitrate their dispute before a Beth Din . . .
On December 9, 2020, Justice Friedman of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in TD Ameritrade, Inc. v. Purshe Kaplan Sterling Invs., Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op. 34120(U), holding that the FINRA rules constituted an agreement to arbitrate . . .
On December 11, 2020, Justice Emerson of the Suffolk County Commercial Division issued a decision in Lambro Indus., Inc. v. Chai Found., Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op. 51470(U), holding that restrictions on stock transfers in corporate by-laws did not bar the transfer of stock by will . . .
On December 15, 2020, the First Department issued a decision in MBF Clearing Corp. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2020 NY Slip Op. 07504, dismissing fraud-based claims for lack of due diligence . . .
On December 8, 2020, Justice Friedman of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in Ambac Assur. Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op. 34044(U), holding that a fraud claim was time-barred because the plaintiff was on inquiry notice of its claim more than two years before the suit was filed . . .
On December 7, 2020, Justice Knipel of the Kings County Commercial Division issued a decision in Azrak v. Carter Enters. LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op. 34036(U), holding that the fact that one party has produced certain documents does not excuse another party from producing the same documents . . .
On December 2, 2020, Justice Masley of the New York County Commercial Division issued a decision in 215 W. 28th St. Prop. Owner LLC v. Sibk Constr. Group LLC, 2020 NY Slip Op. 34045(U), denying a motion for default judgment because the plaintiff failed to submit adequate evidence of liability . . .
On December 9, 2020, the Second Department issued a decision in New York Ind. Contrs. Alliance, Inc. v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc., 2020 NY Slip Op. 07386, holding that the primary jurisdiction doctrine required the dismissal of a lawsuit while an administrative proceeding was pending . . .
On December 2, 2020, Justice Platkin of the Albany County Commercial Division issued a decision in Rockmore v. Plastic Surgery Assoc., LLP, 2020 NY Slip Op. 51461(U), dismissing a breach of fiduciary duty claim as duplicative of a breach of contract claim because it was based on the breach of duties set by contract . . .