Webb v Infusion Capital Group LLC

Holding The court denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss, finding that the plaintiff, as an assignee of a foreign LLC’s claims, had standing to proceed pro se. The court held that a valid assignment of claims to a natural person is a permissible tactic to avoid the statutory prohibition against corporations appearing without counsel.

The court’s words

the statutory prohibition [against a corporation appearing pro se] does not extend to an assignee of a corporation, despite the fact that the assignment may have been made to circumvent the statutory prohibition

2026 NY Slip Op 51679[U], at the official text

an assignee may obtain all the corporation's claims and proceed pro se, deeming such an assignment 'a perfectly legitimate tactic' to avoid CPLR 321(a)

2026 NY Slip Op 51679[U], at the official text

defendants provide no evidence or factual details to support its assertion that RP Palm Beach, the LLC, is unquestionably doing business in New York

2026 NY Slip Op 51679[U], at the official text