New York Commercial Division Round-Up Blog

Our February 2023 post “The Commercial Division Rejects Yet Another Insured’s Claim for Coverage for Covid-Related Revenues Losses” left readers wondering whether the New York Court of Appe...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2024/04/articles/coronavirus/new-york-court-of-appeals-rules-in-favor-of-insurers-on-covid-coverage/

A recent decision from New York County Commercial Division Justice Joel M. Cohen highlights the hurdles that defendants face in trying to assert a fraudulent inducement defense to a breach of con...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2024/02/articles/courts-and-adr/new-york-county-commercial-division-decision-highlights-the-hurdles-defendants-face-in-asserting-fraudulent-inducement-defense-to-breach-of-contract/

The scope of New York’s long arm jurisdiction may be broader than you anticipate. In State of New York v. Vayu, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 801, 2023 WL 1973001 (February 14, 2023), the New York Court o...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2023/04/articles/jurisdiction/new-yorks-long-arm-jurisdiction-extends-its-reach/

Does the business harm caused by COVID-19 qualify as “direct physical loss” for insurance purposes? In Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, Index No. 655755/2021, Commer...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2023/02/articles/courts-and-adr/the-commercial-division-rejects-yet-another-insureds-claim-for-coverage-for-covid-related-revenues-losses/

On January 13, 2023, the New York State Commercial Division issued a decision in Bangladesh Bank v. Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., et al., Index No. 652051/2020, that continued New York courts�...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2023/02/articles/jurisdiction/new-york-courts-continue-to-assert-personal-jurisdiction-over-foreign-banks/

Effective September 12, 2022, the New York Commercial Division Rules will require parties preparing responsive pleadings to “interlineate” the allegations which they are responding to within ...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2022/09/articles/civil-practice-law-rules/commercial-division-adopt-new-rule-requiring-interlineation-of-responsive-pleadings/

In the New York County Commercial Division, Justice David B. Cohen’s ruling in B&M Kingstone, LLC v. Mega Int’l Comm. Bank Ltd., 2022 NY Slip Op. 30481(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. 2022) makes cle...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2022/04/articles/civil-practice-law-rules/judgment-creditors-beware-moving-for-contempt-may-be-within-reach-but-difficult-to-grasp/

For a moment in March 2020, litigation stopped abruptly when the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in New York. Within a matter of weeks, the New York State Courts shifted to online operations...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2022/02/articles/uncategorized/the-changing-landscape-of-electronic-service/

In Chadha v. Wahedna, 2021 NY Slip Op. 50509(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. 2021), Justice Ostrager of the New York County Commercial Division, dismissed Plaintiff Nilsa Chadha’s (“Plaintiff”) cla...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2021/07/articles/jurisdiction/chadha-v-wahedna-supreme-court-new-york-county/

Tharunidhar Narravula et al v. Perosphere Technologies, Inc. et al, Index No. 900410-21, Supreme Court, Albany County In Narravula v. Perosphere Tech., 2021 NY Slip Op 50510(U) (Sup. Ct. Albany C...

https://www.newyorkcommercialdivroundup.com/2021/07/articles/civil-practice-law-rules/signing-contracts-as-representative-individual-liability/