Case Title: Roni LLC v. Rachel L. Arfa

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State: new-york

Court: New York Appellate Court

Date: 2010-09-16T00:00:00Z

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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the New York Reports.
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No. 206  SSM 35
Roni LLC, et al.,
            Appellants,
        v.
Rachel L. Arfa, et al.,
            Defendants,
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & 
Popeo, P.C., et al.,
            Respondents.
Submitted by John Van Der Tuin, for appellants.
Submitted by David J. Katz, for respondents Rachel L.
Arfa et al.
Submitted by Mark G. Cunha, for respondents Mintz Levin
Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. et al.
Submitted by Aytan Y. Bellin, for respondent Lukashok.
MEMORANDUM:
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed
with costs.  Plaintiffs' conclusory pleadings do not give rise to
an inference that the attorney defendants knowingly participated
in the alleged aiding and abetting of a breach of fiduciary duty
by providing substantial assistance to the promoter defendants in
their purported commission scheme (see Kaufman v Cohen, 307 AD2d
113, 126 [1st Dept 2003]; see generally Eurycleia Partners, LP v
Seward & Kissel, LLP, 12 NY3d 553 [2009]).
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SSM No. 35
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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules,
order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.  Chief Judge Lippman
and Judges Ciparick, Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones
concur.
Decided September 16, 2010