Dorrell Associates v. Urb Products Corp.

Although New York has regulated its employment agencies for nearly 70 years, the simple and important issue now before me has never been decided. It arises in a suit by Dorrell Associates, an executive placement firm, to recover $9,000 from Urb Products Corporation by way of compensation for finding Urb a director of marketing. Dorrell concededly possessed no employment agency license. In consequence, Urb argues, Dorrell may recover nothing; to which Dorrell responds that this transaction was exempt from any licensing requirement. The decision turns, not upon the facts, which are undisputed,…