SiriusXM Suit Against Auditor Sent Back to New York State Court

A New York judge denied an auditor’s bid to move SiriusXM Radio Inc.'s lawsuit to a federal court because the issue at heart is a “quotidian contract dispute” that doesn’t invoke the Copyright Act.

SiriusXM’s lawsuit against Adeptus Partners LLC, which accuses the auditor of working with the radio company despite a conflict of interest, revolves more around professional accounting standards than a “substantial” issue of federal law, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald wrote in the opinion filed Nov. 19 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

SiriusXM sued Adeptus and accountant Lewis Stark in New ...