In Kingstown Capital Mgmt. v. Vitek, 0:20-cv-03406 (2d Cir. Sep. 1, 2022), the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a RICO suit filed in the Southern District of New York by a Delaware investment firm against foreign defendants for conduct that occurred outside the United States and was already the subject of a foreign proceeding under foreign law… Read more
Venue
Court of Appeals Venue Decision Calls into Question the Controlling Evidence of a Corporation’s Principal Place of Business
In Lividini v. Goldstein, 37 NY3d 1047 [2021], the Court of Appeals held that defendant doctor had submitted evidence sufficient to establish that his “principal office” under CPLR 403(d) was in Westchester County, even though the doctor’s medical license registration listed a Bronx address. Id. at 1048-50… Read more