Commercial Litigation
March 23, 2020 | Kenneth C. Murphy |
In these trying times, your options for immediate relief in commercial cases is likely limited unless it directly is related to coronavirus issues. However, if your issues satisfy the requirements of federal jurisdiction, you still have the ability to pursue a remedy in federal court.
When it comes to commercial litigation during the coronavirus pandemic,
Read More| Erez Glambosky | Jeremy B. Honig | |
Local, state and federal governments have taken unprecedented measures to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), measures that will negatively impact the real estate industry in the state. Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order that will directly impact New York’s real estate industry.
On March 20, 2020, Gov. Cuomo issued
Read MoreMarch 18, 2020 | Walter J. Gumersell | Stella Lellos | |
Part of the commitment to entering into a contract includes an agreement between parties to perform contractual obligations on a timely basis, with limited exceptions. Contracts frequently include a provision titled “force majeure,” which translates literally from French to mean “superior force.”
Force majeure provisions, generally part of the boilerplate section of a contract and
Read MoreMarch 3, 2020 | Evan H. Krinick |
With Valentine’s Day in our rear-view mirror, it is nice to reflect on the special relationships in our life – with our spouse, our parents, our children, and if one is lucky enough, with our grandchildren. These relationships provide meaning and perspective to our day-to-day existence and can provide immeasurable joy and happiness.
Special relationship
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2020 | Paul V. Majkowski | | | | |
With the coronavirus outbreak continuing in China, significant new incidences being reported in South Korea and Italy, and stories of quarantines permeating the news, in addition to the catastrophic toll on human health, we are far from business as usual in many respects. In the U.S., a CDC official has now stated, “It’s not a
Read MoreFebruary 5, 2020 | Evan H. Krinick |
Football is a game of statistics and more statistics, as any fantasy football fanatic can tell you. But if you want to predict which team will win, one statistic is particularly telling. In fact, from 2007 to 2016, the team that had the fewest turnovers in a game won 78 percent of the time. On the other
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2020 | Frank Raia | |
Frank Raia wrote an article entitled “Play Ball!” for Best’s Review, A.M. Best’s monthly insurance magazine. Frank discusses the challenge that colleges and universities face defending a lawsuit when a student gets injured participating in a school-sanctioned sports activity.
To read the article, click here.
Read MoreJanuary 7, 2020 | Evan H. Krinick | |
The “devil is in the details.”
How many times has that truism been proven true? Like when your high school child tells you that he and his friends are off to Mexico for spring break. Or when a travel agent lets you in on the deal of a lifetime for an all-inclusive cruise to a
Read MoreSeptember 26, 2019 | Kenneth C. Murphy | |
All too often, friends or family members start a business with the best intentions. Rarely do the optimistic entrepreneurs anticipate a potential major disagreement about how to run the business. After all, in the beginning, they go into business together because they want to be in business together.
Sometimes, despite these good intentions, over time
Read MoreMarch 13, 2019 |
On Oct. 1, 2018, an amendment to the Rules of the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court took effect codifying the Commercial Division’s support of the use of technology assisted review (TAR) during discovery. Specifically, Commercial Division Rule 11-e(f) encourages parties to “use the most efficient means to review documents, including electronically stored information (ESI),
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