Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York June 21, 2012 (BGC Partners, Inc. v. Refco Securities, LLC)

*602Orders, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard J. Fried, J.), entered June 28, 2011 and July 20, 2011, which, respectively, granted plaintiffs motion to confirm a Special Referee’s report denying defendant’s discovery requests and denied defendant’s cross motion to reject the report, and denied defendant’s motion for leave to amend its answer to include the affirmative defense of patent