June 4, 2019
A wage exception to the principle of shareholder limited liability dates back over 200 years to the enactment of New York’s first general corporation law. New […]
March 1, 2019
Precedent 103 Years Old Falls as New York’s Jurisdictional Grasp Narrows In late January, the Second Department effectively cast aside Bagdon v. Philadelphia and Reading Coal […]
July 30, 2018
In May 2018, in a narrow 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals held in E.J. Brooks Co. v. Cambridge Sec. Seals, 2018 N.Y. Slip Op. […]
July 23, 2018
The SDNY ADR Program: Its Latest Statistics Demonstrate Its Effectiveness The SDNY latest available annual report shows the increasing number of mediations conducted through its auspices […]
July 17, 2018
Some interesting statistics from the latest ADR Report from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York: Sixty four percent of the […]
May 2, 2018
Two recent decisions, Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, 583 U.S. __ (2018), and Desrosiers v. Perry Ellis Menswear, LLC, 2017 NY Slip Op […]
February 15, 2018
As mediation has become more accepted, and its benefits apparent, commercial parties are well advised to consider inserting pre-litigation dispute resolution clauses into their contracts. Properly […]
November 13, 2017
Important amendments to Rules 10 and 11 of the Rules of Practice of the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court go into effect on […]
October 24, 2017
CPLR Rule 3220 Update: Saul Reversed on Appeal My prior blog discussed whether CPLR Rule 3220 was becoming a game changer on the recovery of legal […]
September 11, 2017
Mediation in Probate and Trust Matters: A Far Better Approach As any lawyer who has handled probate and trust litigation knows, the emotional turmoil destroys families, […]