Randall Co. LLC v. 281 Broadway Holdings LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Charles E. Ramos, J.), entered on or about April 16, 2015, which denied defendants’ motion for a protective order, and directed defense counsel to produce its legal bills, unanimously reversed, on the law and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, and the motion granted.

Although “recourse to an opposing attorney’s time sheets may ... be proper in an appropriate case” (Match v Match, 168 AD2d 226, 227 [1st Dept 1990]), plaintiff’s request is premature. It has not made a sufficient showing of the relevance of such records at the present stage of the…