UPFRONT MEGATAINMENT, INC. v. THIAM

Index No. 652156/21. Appeal No. 543. Case No. 2022-05219.

217 A.D.3d 595 (2023)

192 N.Y.S.3d 32

2023 NY Slip Op 03428

Upfront Megatainment, Inc., Formerly Known as Upfront Entertainment, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Aliaune Thiam, Also Known as Akon, Defendant. Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Nonparty Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided June 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Melville ( Brett S. Bustamante of counsel), for appellant.

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP, New York ( Jeffrey M. Movit of counsel), for respondents.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Friedman, Mendez, Rodriguez, JJ.


Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Arthur F. Engoron, J.), entered June 3, 2022, which granted plaintiffs' motion to vacate nonparty Napoli Shkolnik PLLC's charging lien, unanimously reversed, on the law, with costs, the motion denied, the lien reinstated, and the matter remanded for an evidentiary hearing on whether the Napoli firm was terminated for cause.

The Napoli firm established prima facie that it was entitled to a charging lien under Judiciary Law §...

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