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PARTY AND ITS ATTORNEYS ORDERED TO PAY SANCTIONS FOR FAILING TO INFORM THE APPELLATE COURT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF ACTIONS ON APPEAL (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department imposed sanctions on a party and its attorneys for failure to inform the appellate court of the settlement of matters on appeal:

… Gross Polowy, LLC, trial counsel for the respondent, is directed to pay a sanction in the [*2]sum of $1,000 to the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York … . …

… Day Pitney, LLP, appellate counsel for the respondent, is directed to pay a sanction in the sum of $250 to the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York … . …

… Bank of New York Mellon is directed to pay a sanction in the sum of $500, and shall deposit the sum of $500 with the Clerk of this Court for transmittal to the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance … . Bank of N.Y. Mellon v Smith, 2019 NY Slip Op 06228, Second Dept 8-13-19

 

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