Commercial Division Blog

Posted: February 27, 2014 / Categories Commercial, Appeals, Upcoming Events

Court of Appeals Agrees to Hear Certified Questions Regarding Application of "Separate Entity Rule" to Post-Judgment Enforcement Proceedings

On January 18, 2014, we posted that in Tire Engineering & Distribution, L.L.C., et al. v. Bank of China Ltd., and Motorola Credit Corp. v. Standard Chartered Bank, the Second Circuit certified questions to the New York Court of Appeals concerning the application of the "separate entity rule" to post-judgment enforcement proceedings under CPLR Article 52. On February 18, 2014, the Court of Appeals accepted the certified questions.