Kahn v. Leo Schachter Diamonds, LLC

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Melvin L. Schweitzer, J.), entered January 16, 2015, which, inter alia, denied plaintiff’s application for the issuance of letters rogatory, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Plaintiff failed to establish that the discovery he seeks from nonparty entities in Brazil is “crucial” to the resolution of a key issue in this case (see Richbell Info. Servs., Inc. v Jupiter Partners L.P., 32 AD3d 150, 156-157 [1st Dept 2006]). He contends that the discovery will show that he was responsible for introducing the Brazilian entities to defendants, and will establish…