Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York May 24, 2017, 2015-00208 (DiSilvio v. Romanelli)

In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of fiduciary duty, the defendant appeals from (1) an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Adams, J.), entered October 16, 2014, which denied his motion to punish the plaintiffs and nonparties Steven R. Schlesinger, Jaspan Schlesinger, LLP, Jon N.