Silver v. Whitney Partners LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis B. York, J.), entered December 23, 2013, which, among other things, granted the motion of defendant Whitney Group LLC’s (Whitney Group) assignee, Douglas J. Pick, to dismiss the complaint as against the Whitney Group and dismissed the complaint as against all defendants, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

In 2002, plaintiff entered into a joint venture agreement with defendant Whitney Group to share fees for executive search and placement services in the financial industry. The agreement was extended and modified several times and, as relevant…