International Strategies Group, Ltd. v. ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

The motion court correctly applied an actual knowledge standard in deciding that plaintiffs allegations are insufficient to *475state a cause of action against defendant-respondent for aiding and abetting defendant-appellant’s alleged fraud (see National Westminster Bank v Weksel, 124 AD2d 144, 149 [1987], lv denied 70 NY2d 604 [1987]; see also JP Morgan Chase Bank v Winnick, 406 F Supp 2d 247, 252 n 4 [SD NY 2005]; cf. Williams v Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, L.L.P., 38 AD3d 219, 220 [2007]). We reject defendant-appellant’s argument that the documentary evidence conclusively establishes that…