Global Reinsurance Corp. v. Equitas Ltd

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Lippman.

At issue is the sufficiency and extraterritorial reach of plaintiffs claim under New York State’s antitrust statute, commonly known as the Donnelly Act (General Business Law § 340 et seq.).

Plaintiff is a New York branch of a German reinsurance corporation. Defendants (hereinafter collectively referred to as Equitas) are London, England based entities engaged in the business of providing retrocessionary reinsurance. Retrocessionary reinsurers, or retrocessionaires as they are known, write coverage for risks ceded to them by reinsurers, in this…