⚡️ What Happened:

Effective July 7, 2025, the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court will allow non-parties to formally submit “friend-of-the-court” briefs—known as amicus curiae briefs—in complex business litigation. 

✅ Key Legal Takeaways:

🔹 This new rule establishes a uniform process for third-party input in high-stakes commercial disputes. New York’s Commercial Division claims to be “an efficient, sophisticated, up-to-date court, dealing with challenging commercial cases.” Its “primary goal [is] the cost-effective, predictable and fair adjudication of complex cases”

🔹 Historically, such briefs were permitted only at the discretion of individual judges. Now, with a formal pathway, industries, trade associations, and other interested non-parties will have a more predictable and efficient opportunity to weigh in when cases raise issues of broad economic or regulatory impact.

📢 Final Word:

In my experience, amicus curiae briefs are helpful only when they address aspects of a case the parties have not covered in their motion papers or briefs. A brief that merely reiterates one party’s argument is useless to judges and justices; however, a brief that addresses a real-world consideration that the parties do not raise can be invaluable.

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