Evidence Portal — Litman v. Goldberg
NY Sup. Ct., Kings County • Index No. 524343/2025 • Hon. Brian L. Gotlieb, J.S.C.
905
Patents
$32.7M
Trust Receipts
16
Goldberg POAs
2,697
USPTO Notifications
631
Clients Originated
7,198
Case Files
0
Consent Documents
Latest — April 18, 2026
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Case Research Dashboard — Updated April 18, 2026

Comprehensive single-page dashboard covering all findings through 4/18/26: Q1 2026 reconciliation, turn-and-burn template catalog (20 executions, $11M), Nath entity structure + $36,601/mo rent pipeline, KFU § 51 exhibit binders (up to 14,033), Schaeffer & Gray deposition prep, settlement analysis, and discovery roadmap. Includes interactive Evidence Wizard that routes counsel to the right exhibits by task (settlement demand, deposition prep, MSJ, affirmative defense response, discovery demands).

RESEARCH DASHBOARD — Apr 18
⚠ Urgent New Findings — April 11, 2026

Freedom Bank Spoliation Bombshell

NGM operated five bank accounts — only two were disclosed in its own Exhibit A. An undisclosed Virginia trust account was swept and closed one week after Litman filed suit, with a wire memo that literally reads “NGM Bank to Bank transfer Close Account.” Combined with a four-month Fidelity payment cutoff beginning the exact month litigation was threatened, this is a documented five-act spoliation sequence.

Freedom Bank Closure Undisclosed third trust closed 7/28/2025 — 7 days after suit, 17 months after Litman's written closure demand.
“Close Account” Wire $24,495.15 wired 7/22/2025 at 12:55 CDT — 6 Bates-stamped copies of the notification in hand.
Fidelity Payment Cutoff 14 months of $25K/mo payments stop May 21, 2025. Zero in June, July, August, September.
New — April 11, 2026

The 60-Day Spoliation Sequence

Five coordinated post-litigation-threat acts from June through October 2025. Four of them inside a single 7-day window bracketing the filing date.

SPOLIATION — Apr 11
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Freedom Bank Exhibit Packet

11 exhibits (EX-1 through EX-11): ownership clause, closure demand, KSU routing, Goldberg admission, “Close Account” wire — filing-ready.

EXHIBITS — Apr 11
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April 10 Findings — Section 11

F-K11 bombshell write-up. Five-account inventory, CPA Schaefer compromised, adverse-inference roadmap, $16.2M trace target.

BOMBSHELL

8 Case-Defining Discoveries

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"Purely as a courtesy" — Goldberg's BOP response admits name inclusion was voluntary, not contractual. Destroys the consent defense.
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Judicial Estoppel — Goldberg argued in arbitration the agreement terminated 6/15/2020. Now claims the same agreement authorizes post-2020 name use.
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"Because of the revenue share" — Goldberg's own federal counsel admitted name use was commercially motivated.
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Zero contract provisions — Neither the Combination Agreement nor Amendment mentions consent, name rights, or POA authorization.
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"Not a party to the contracts" — The arbitrator found Goldberg personally has no contractual basis for the name use he claims authorized it.
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Email retaliation — Litman's email accounts eliminated one day after threatening litigation. Goldberg acknowledged but never restored.
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"Solely because Richard Litman works with you" — Three independent clients (Dvorkin, Bennington, Albannai) sought NGM specifically because of Litman's name. Goldberg took the work.
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Goldberg using litman@4patent.com — OpenGov procurement account activated for "Joshua Goldberg" using Litman's personal email address. Literal identity misappropriation.
$6.1M
Conservative
$29.1M
Moderate
$78.4M
Full Recovery
New — April 10, 2026
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Assignment Records & Evidence Gaps Closed

Assignment chain analysis, evidence gap closures, updated exhibit index, and new corroborating records.

New — April 10, 2026
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Accounting Forensics & Name-Use Multiplier

KFU/KSU/KISR deep dive, 28,870 verified uses, 40,694 Martha emails, $694K wire traced.

April 9, 2026
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April 2026 Findings (#49–#67)

19 new findings transforming case posture.

April 8, 2026
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Three-Tier Damages Model

$424K floor → $14M+ aspirational ceiling.

New — April 8, 2026

NY RPC 1.15 Disciplinary Track

Parallel grievance pressure / 5 per se violations.

New — April 8, 2026
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21-Month Fee Credit Time Series

20% rule mechanically validated (1.009 mean ratio).

New — April 8, 2026
Core Evidence

Settlement Evidence

Court-ready evidence synthesis with all admissions, timeline, financial proof, and the 5 case-defining discoveries.

Settlement Ready

Internal Counsel Package

Comprehensive brief with 50+ admissions, 12 new evidence findings, $16.2M accounting gap, and full MSJ preparation.

For Counsel

Settlement Summary

Executive overview with charts, timeline, and damages framework for settlement discussions.

Presentation

Case Walkthrough

Step-by-step narrative guiding counsel through the evidence in 5 structured steps.

Start Here
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iCloud Photos Evidence

283 photos from Litman's phone: complete text thread (2020-2025), WhatsApp, emails, accounting fraud, 16 Goldberg admissions.

New — Mar 30

Gmail Evidence

71 emails from uncle's personal accounts: 3 clients drawn by name, written demand to remove from website, $246K Q4 2025 owed, deposition default.

New — Apr 2
Forensic Analysis
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Forensic Trust Analysis

Trust account overdraft ($415K), 133 smoking gun invoices ($1.05M), 66 ghost invoices ($560K), $8.6M lump-sum sweeps with no docket reference.

New — Apr 4
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Pipeline & Outstanding ($10.5M)

$8.9M AR + $1.58M WIP. Zero-overlap AR reports (646 dockets, $2.46M). 2,833 KFU dockets. Litman 20% entitlement: $2.1M.

New — Apr 4

Exposure Analysis

Greene letter deduction theory, KFU VP demand (6 directives), July 2025: 100% collections still Litman-attributed, $314.5K KFU penalties.

New — Apr 4
Analysis & Support
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Master Timeline

58 chronological events from the 2017 Combination Agreement through present.

Timeline

MSJ Evidence Checklist

5-point brief status, 63 items in hand, element-by-element readiness.

MSJ Prep
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Deposition Prep

177 questions, 12 topics, 49 exhibits, RFA confrontation sequences.

Deposition
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4 Categories of Name Use

USPTO filings, client-facing, trademark, and republication.

Framework
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Verified Financials

Monthly 2025 data, $246K owed, payments stopped May 2025.

Financial
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KFU/KSU Reconciliation

$13.9M KFU recovery. $6.87M KSU. Monthly trust through Dec 2025.

Financial
Interactive Tools
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Damages Calculator

Interactive royalty rates, disgorgement models, punitive multipliers.

Interactive
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Data Search

Search 276,899 emails across 5 datasets. 938 Gmail attachments.

Search
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Litigation Analytics

8 interactive visualizations — patents, clients, POAs, financials.

Visualization
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Discovery Production

252 Bates-numbered documents. Inline viewer with RFP tracking.

Production
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Intelligence Briefing

Evidence intelligence dashboard with pattern detection.

Intelligence
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Trust Control Analysis

95 Goldberg transactions. $990K wire. Post-lawsuit activity.

Financial
Deep Dives
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Combination Agreement

Zero name-use provisions. Claims vs. reality.

Contract

Arbitration Award

"Treated as if he had died." Judicial estoppel.

Arbitration
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BOP Response

"Purely as a courtesy." 5 contradictions.

Discovery
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Republication Evidence

Lens.org, Google Patents verified with PDFs.

Republication
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Patent Deck Viewer

206 documents. Per-patent sidebar navigation.

Patents
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Text Message Rebuttal

3 dangerous texts neutralized. 12 counter-evidence points. 0 POA mentions in 51 pages.

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Coercion, Control & Consent

18 insurance threads, 874 KSU emails, $2.1M+ collected using Litman, 3 reasons texts fail, 2 defenses destroyed.

New
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Email Evidence

April 30 email, "fraud" text, Martha Long pipeline.

Email
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Disability Timeline

June 2020 onset through present.

Timeline
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Trademark Evidence

2,678 Kline emails. Nicola Pizza.

Trademark
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iCloud Evidence Memo

15 critical findings from 283 photos. Email retaliation, Bennington, Albannai goodwill, accounting fraud.

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Text Message Admissions

16 Goldberg admissions extracted from texts & emails. "Managing the firm as I have been."

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Depo Questions (Texts)

~80 new deposition questions from text/email evidence. 10 topics with impeachment exhibits.

Deposition
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Evidence Archive

Legacy explorer with all source documents.

Archive

Google Drive

Evidence folders and archive links.

External