Cushman, Sotheby’s settle $10M commission lawsuit

Cushman & Wakefield settled its lawsuit against Sotheby’s over a $10 million commission tied to the auction house’s Upper East Side headquarters sale. The parties notified the court last month that they had reached a settlement, bringing the case to a close, according to a filing signed by New York State Supreme Court Justice Melissa Crane. Both sides declined to comment on the settlement. Cushman sued Sotheby’s in April, accusing the auction house of breaching a commission agreement connected to its October 2025 sale of 1334 York Avenue to Weill Cornell Medicine. Cushman claimed it spent years brokering a 200,000-square-foot […]

Oct 13, 2026 - 20:00
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Cushman, Sotheby’s settle $10M commission lawsuit
Cushman & Wakefield settled its lawsuit against Sotheby’s over a $10 million commission tied to the auction house’s Upper East Side headquarters sale. The parties notified the court last month that they had reached a settlement, bringing the case to a close, according to a filing signed by New York State Supreme Court Justice Melissa Crane. Both sides declined to comment on the settlement. Cushman sued Sotheby’s in April, accusing the auction house of breaching a commission agreement connected to its October 2025 sale of 1334 York Avenue to Weill Cornell Medicine. Cushman claimed it spent years brokering a 200,000-square-foot […]

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