New York and Miami lawyers helped luxury auto manufacturer BMW AG defeat a fraud and defamation lawsuit brought in Florida over a derailed German acquisition.

Munich-based Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, or BMW AG, won on a motion to dismiss cross-border litigation by parts supply mogul Neil Whitesell and five of his companies, who sought to drag an eight-member board from Germany to face a U.S. judge.