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      formerly known as Sanwa Business Credit Corporation (&#8220;Defendant&#8221;) that had been
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      Chapter 11 debtor before the Court.&#160;&#160;Pursuant to an asset purchase
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      assets included all of SOC&#8217;s right, title and interest in certain notes which
      were executed by SOC&#8217;s franchisees in favor of SOC.&#160;&#160;The Court ruled
      that the Company was entitled to recover the surplus payments under the notes
      after the Defendant had recovered its investment and authorized fees, and
      granted the Company&#8217;s motion for partial summary judgment.</font></div>
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UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 5,
      2007
EMERGING
      VISION, INC.
(Exact
      name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New
                York
001-14128
11-3096941
(State
                or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                File Number)
(IRS
                Employer Identification No.)
100
      Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard
Garden
      City, New York 11530
(Address
      of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code:
(516)
      390-2100
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
‪
o
Written
      communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
o
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Soliciting
      material
      pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
‪
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14d-2(b))
‪
o
Pre-commencement
      communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.13e-4(c))
Item
                8.01
Other
                Events
On
      November 5, 2007, Emerging Vision, Inc. (the "Company") settled an adversary
      proceeding (the "Adversary Proceeding") against BAL Global Finance, LLC,
      formerly known as Sanwa Business Credit Corporation ("Defendant") that had been
      pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
      New
      York (the "Court") since 1995.  The material terms of the settlement
      of the Adversary Proceeding include a cash payment to the Company, in the amount
      of $1,270,000 (less certain costs and expenses incurred in the litigation,
      including attorney fees), and the mutual release of all claims between the
      parties.
The
      Adversary Proceeding arose out of the Company's purchase of certain assets from
      Sterling Optical Corporation ("SOC") in 1992 while SOC was operating as a
      Chapter 11 debtor before the Court.  Pursuant to an asset purchase
      agreement approved by the Court, the Company purchased substantially all of
      SOC's assets, and the Company maintained in the Adversary Proceeding that such
      assets included all of SOC's right, title and interest in certain notes which
      were executed by SOC's franchisees in favor of SOC.  The Court ruled
      that the Company was entitled to recover the surplus payments under the notes
      after the Defendant had recovered its investment and authorized fees, and
      granted the Company's motion for partial summary judgment.
[Signature
      on following page]
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
      Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
      undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EMERGING
      VISION, INC.
By:
/s/
      Brian P.
      Alessi
Name:
      Brian P. Alessi
Title:   Chief
      Financial Officer
Date:           November
      14, 2007