Judicial review of arbitration awards is extremely limited. One judicially created grounds for vacating arbitration awards is where the arbitrators acted in "manifest disregard of the law." This situation arises where a court finds “both that (1) the arbitrators knew...
"Confidentiality is “a paradigmatic aspect of arbitration.”" So stated the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Stafford v Intl. Bus. Machines Corp., 22-1240, 2023 WL 5183546 [2d Cir Aug. 14, 2023], where the Court held that is was proper to keep sealed an...
In April 2024, the firm negotiated a significant payment and other favorable terms regarding the departure of a CEO from a NYSE listed public comany.
In March 2024, the New York State Supreme Court granted summary judgment for Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC's clients, directing that they were entitled to a declaratory judgment that they were a members of a pooled real estate investment vehicle over the fund...
On January 4, 2024, the New York Appellate Division, First Department issued an opinion upholding on behalf Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC's (and his co-counsel's) clients their breach of fiduciary duty claims and reinstated their fraud claims against a real estate...
On December 26, 2023 the New York State Supreme Court entered a Judgment totaling $1,082,078.91 for Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC's client, the former CTO of a technology start firm, in connection with stock warrants and salary that he claimed were owed to him. On...
On April 16, 2024, Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC obtained on behalf of its client a stay in the Appellate Division, First Department, of a lower court's order directing the appointment of a receiver to sell a marital residence in a divorce case and of an on-going...
On May 3, 2024 Law Office of Ethan A Brecher LLC secured a finding of contempt in New York Supreme Court, Kings County (Brooklyn), against an ex-husband in a divorce case, where the husband failed to pay $200,000 in attorney's fees awarded to the ex-wife. The Court...