Recent Decisions Relating to Tortious Interference With Contract Claims

While suits for tortious interference with contract typically involve a defendant’s intentional procurement of a breach by a third party to the contract, some courts have interpreted New York law to allow claims for inducing a breach by the plaintiff in some circumstances, as well as claims in which the defendant procures the breach of a co-party to a multilateral agreement, partners Lara Flath and Julie Cohen, associate Kelly Guerin and law clerk Eleni Pappas explain.