Amaris Elliott Engel

January 15, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

A new rule has been adopted for the Commercial Division to try to steer discovery disputes away from motion practice, with attorneys exchanging letters, instead of motions, over discovery disagreements. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Ramos is exercising his right not to use new Rule 14. He explained his decision in an email question-and-answer with the New York Commercial Litigation Insider.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

5 minute read

January 14, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Following an appellate ruling, an insurance company no longer is required to cover an upstate New York utility company for the cleanup of hazardous waste at seven plants that provided gas lamps during the 1800s and early 1900s.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

January 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Another rule change has come to the Commercial Division, this time to try to steer discovery disputes away from motion practice.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

January 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Another rule change has come to the Commercial Division, this time to try to steer discovery disputes away from motion practice.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

January 14, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Following an appellate ruling, an insurance company no longer is required to cover an upstate New York utility company for the cleanup of hazardous waste at seven plants that provided gas lamps during the 1800s and early 1900s.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

A Manhattan Commercial Division judge has rejected a non-monetary settlement of a class action brought against a $2.7 billion acquisition in the building materials industry because the objecting plaintiffs are in the business of “trying to make money from litigation.”

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

6 minute read

January 13, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

A Manhattan Commercial Division judge has rejected a non-monetary settlement of a class action brought against a $2.7 billion acquisition in the building materials industry because the objecting plaintiffs are in the business of “trying to make money from litigation.”

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

6 minute read

January 12, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Another rule change has come to the Commercial Division, this time to try to steer discovery disputes away from motion practice.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

January 12, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

Another rule change has come to the Commercial Division, this time to try to steer discovery disputes away from motion practice.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

January 11, 2015 | Commercial Litigation Insider

The Appellate Division, First Department, has ruled against attorney disqualification in two recent Commercial Division appeals, upholding one decision blocking a firm's removal from a case and reversing another favoring removal.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

7 minute read