Joseph Monteleone, a partner in the firm’s Directors & Officers Liability and Insurance Coverage & Litigation Practice Groups, published an article in the Plus Journal entitled, “Dealing With Divergent Interests Among Defense Counsel, the Primary Insurer and Excess Insurers in Complex Litigation Involving Directors and Officers.”

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Generally, the law in New York is that “a determination fixing a defendant’s fees in a prior action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff for fees for the same legal services which the plaintiff alleges were negligently performed, necessarily determines that there was no legal malpractice.” Breslin Realty Development Corp. v. Shaw, 72 A.D.3d

Traditionally in New York, law guardians appointed in custody disputes were often viewed as taking on a role similar to that of a guardian ad litem, advocating for what they believed to be the best interests of the child, rather than advocating for the outcome desired by the child. Because these law guardians were often