Gold v. Mountain Lake Public Telecommunications

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ellis, J.), entered January 13, 2014 in Clinton County, which, among other things, granted plaintiff’s motion to compel certain disclosure.

Defendant is a public broadcaster and finances its activities through underwriting, a system by which supporters provide funding in return for promotional publicity. Plaintiff entered into a one-year independent contractor agreement with defendant in September 2008 and began selling underwriting contracts on a commission basis. Cirque du Soleil (hereinafter Cirque) was approached by plaintiff and rejected the idea…