The issues raised on appeal are not appealable as of right (see generally CPLR 5701[a]). The order on appeal did not "affect[] a substantial right" of defendants because it did not decide the motion for contempt as to them, instead holding it in abeyance pending a hearing (CPLR 5701[a][2][v]; see Goldin v Levy, 192 A.D.3d 478, 479 [1st Dept 2021]). Although the order encompassed a finding that the underlying conduct of defendants' counsel, from which defendants' potential liability derived, constituted contempt, "findings of fact and conclusions of law are not independently appealable" (Baez v First Liberty Ins. Corp., 95 A.D.3d 1250, 1250 [2d Dept 2012]).