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PRIVATE CONTRACT DISPUTES, UNIQUE TO THE PARTIES, ARE NOT COVERED BY GENERAL BUSINESS LAW 349 OR 35O WHICH ARE APPLICABLE ONLY TO CONSUMER-ORIENTED CONDUCT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined that a General Business Law section 349 or 350 action must be based upon consumer-oriented conduct, not, as here, on a unique contract between private parties:

“To successfully assert a claim under General Business Law § 349 or § 350, a party must allege that its adversary has engaged in consumer-oriented conduct that is materially misleading, and that the party suffered injury as a result of the allegedly deceptive act or practice” … . “‘[P]arties . . . must, at the threshold, charge conduct that is consumer oriented'” … . “Private contract disputes, unique to the parties, . . . [do] not fall within the ambit of the statute” … . A “single shot transaction” … , which is “tailored to meet the purchaser’s wishes and requirements” … , “does not, without more, constitute consumer-oriented conduct for the purposes of [General Business Law §§ 349 and 350]” … . Here, the complaint … failed to sufficiently allege that the … defendants engaged in a consumer-oriented deceptive act or practice … . Katsorhis v 718 W. Beech St, LLC, 2025 NY Slip Op 00211, Second Dept 1-15-25

​Practice Point: General Business Law 349 and 350 actions must be based upon consumer-oriented conduct. Private contract disputes, unique to the parties, are not encompassed by General Business Law 349 and 350.

 

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