Toys “R” Us and its counsel, Sills Cummis & Gross, were harshly criticized by a state judge last week for using litigation as a tactic in negotiating a new lease for the toy retail giant’s Times Square store.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos (See Profile) on Jan. 2 dismissed Toys “R” Us v. 44-45 Broadway Realty, 651403/12, a lawsuit in which Toys “R” Us tried to recover 12 years of property taxes it paid its landlord as part of its lease on its Times Square flagship store.