Feffer v. Goodkind, Wechsler, Labaton & Rudoff

— Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Edward Greenfield, J.), entered February 28, 1991, which, insofar as appealed from, imposed sanctions on plaintiff and his attorneys pursuant to 22 NYCRR part 130, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Plaintiff, a former partner in defendant law firm who seeks an accounting and dissolution, signed a partnership agreement with a broad arbitration clause, but argued that the dispute is not arbitrable because the partnership had been abrogated. The IAS court, citing Matter of Cassone (63 NY2d 756), held that the dispute was arbitrable "[w]ithout question,”…