Real Estate Company – Management Agreement Litigation

Represented a real estate services company in a $20 million lawsuit brought by former customers. The former customers, owners of two large New York City office buildings, claimed that our client, which managed the buildings, had committed numerous acts of wrongdoing over several years, including breaching contracts, fraud, and breaching fiduciary duties. The customers sought to recover all the fees they’d paid our client over the years under New York’s “faithless servant” doctrine. The District Court granted our summary judgment motion, dismissing all of the higher-damage tort and equity claims, and we then settled the remaining breach of contract claim. The former customers lost their appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, bringing the case to a successful conclusion for our client.