New York’s Commercial Division is a sophisticated forum for resolving complex commercial disputes. The Commercial Division has many advantages over other forums: judges are hand-selected for their experience with commercial cases, discovery procedures are streamlined to save time and money, and dispute resolution is encouraged early and often. However, the several sets of overlapping rules governing practice in the Commercial Division can intimidate outsiders and trip up the uninformed.
For those new (and old) to the Commercial Division, the New York Law Journal is publishing a series of articles explaining the fundamentals of Commercial Division practice. This series is authored by Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP lawyers Kevin V. Small, Joseph J. Saltarelli, and Charlotte E. Leszinske. Part one of the New York Commercial Division practice series is available to read here.