Matter of Group US Mgt. LLC v James

Holding The court affirmed the denial of a petition to quash a non-judicial subpoena, finding that the requested documents concerning out-of-state restaurants bore a reasonable relationship to the investigation due to the petitioner’s use of New York-based entities and addresses. The Attorney General was authorized to enforce state consumer protection laws on behalf of out-of-state residents where New York addresses were used to facilitate deceptive transactions.

The court’s words

information sought bears a reasonable relationship to the subject matter under investigation and the public interest to be served

2026 NY Slip Op 05754, at the official text

the futility of the process to uncover anything legitimate is inevitable or obvious

2026 NY Slip Op 05754, at the official text

the procedural posture of this case makes it unclear that the subpoena requests will yield evidence consisting exclusively of transactions with no connection to New York

2026 NY Slip Op 05754, at the official text