E Leo Milonas

November 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith analyze recent notable decisions from the four appellate departments, including a decision on a novel attorney fee issue and evidence questions in the Second and Fourth Departments.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

8 minute read

July 16, 2020 | New York Law Journal

From insurance to nuisance, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith discuss several recent decisions from the New York courts, in their Appellate Division Review.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

9 minute read

April 16, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith discuss numerous decisions from across the four appellate departments, including a decision that struck down a law legalizing interactive fantasy sports contests, and a decision on whether the same-sex partner of a child's biological mother had standing to seek a tri-custodial arrangement with the biological father.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

9 minute read

January 17, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew Smith discuss recent decisions from the Appellate Divisions, including the recent Second Department decision “People ex rel. Wells v. DeMarco,” which held that state and local law enforcement officers lack authority under New York law to effect arrests for violations of federal civil immigration violations.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

9 minute read

October 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith write: The Justices of the Appellate Division are back for the Fall 2018 session. Although the color of the leaves change in the fall, nothing has changed for the four Appellate Division departments as they continue to churn out words of wisdom and legal scholarship.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

9 minute read

July 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith bring us their Appellate Division Review, highlighting some of the home runs hit by the Appellate Divisions during the second quarter of 2018.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

2 minute read

April 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review column, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith highlight some of the Appellate Division's closely watched cases—including a number of reversals—from the first quarter of 2018.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

9 minute read

July 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith report on decisions involving whether a telephone company is a utility for tax purposes, a manufacturer's liability for failing to install "optional" safety features on a product being sold to a company that intends to rent it to consumers, regulation of charter schools, discovery of 911 call records, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

17 minute read

April 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith report on cases involving a condominium owner's eviction, a criminal witness who suddenly developed amnesia while on the stand, whether a guilty plea bars an "actual innocence" claim, whether a citizen review board had standing to sue the police department it was charged with reviewing, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

18 minute read

January 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In their Appellate Division Review, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith report on recent decisions involving shareholders' common law right to inspect books and records and whether that extends to a corporation's wholly-owned subsidiaries, the in pari delicto doctrine as applied to Madoff feeder funds, personal jurisdiction, the taxation of fiber optic cables as real property, subject matter jurisdiction of family court, and more.

By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith

17 minute read