However, while providing financial advice may be within the scope or an accountant's duties, and so within the definition of a conventional business relationship, the  standard that plaintiffs must meet to sustain a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty has not been met (Staffenberg v Fairfield Pagma Assoc., L.P., 2012 NY AppDiv LEXIS 3423, citing Friedman v Anderson, supra at 166; ef Lavin v Kaufman,… [read post]