Kevin Schlosser

July 24, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that one recently decided question is the extent to which criminal convictions may be used to bar a convicted defendant from relitigating issues in a subsequent civil proceeding arising from the same criminal conduct.

By Kevin Schlosser

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May 23, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that the New York Lawyer's Code of Professional Responsibility has an interesting, and at times rather peculiar, relationship with rules and procedures governing civil litigation. For example, even if a lawyer is found to have violated the code in some respect, such a violation does not always result in an adverse consequence in civil litigation.

By Kevin Schlosser

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May 22, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner and chair of the litigation department at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that counsel should carefully consider all potential theories of recovery against corporate officers or shareholders in the context of a corporate contract or other transaction.

By Kevin Schlosser

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September 27, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that in their quest to "tell the story" in their complaints, some litigators turn themselves into novelists, packing paragraphs with intricate facts and details, but procedural rules require, and courts prefer, a simple and succinct pleading, which is often the hardest type to draft.

By Kevin Schlosser

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January 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that in a case receiving widespread national interest involving the Roslyn School District embezzlement scandal, Nassau Supreme Court Justice Alan L. Honorof ruled on Jan. 3 that it was unnecessary to determine whether New York's statutory marital privilege applies to same-sex couples because the privilege does not apply at all to communications that relate to participation in a criminal venture.

By Kevin Schlosser

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July 22, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, reviews a decision in which the court placed significant weight upon e-mail communications from an individual defendant to provide the basis for long-arm jurisdiction over two foreign corporations with which the individual was affiliated and ruled that the e-mail exchanged between the parties satisfied the statute of frauds.

By Kevin Schlosser

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July 25, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that inadvertent disclosure of privileged materials has always been a vexing problem for litigators, even back in the stone age of hard copy document production. In the modern world of electronic discovery, the volume of information and the manner in which it is stored have not only complicated the litigator's task, but have spawned countless new issues for the courts to decide.

By Kevin Schlosser

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May 24, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, analyzes a new, well-reasoned decision by the Nassau Supreme Court Justice Leonard Austin of the Commercial Part involving a mortgage dispute.

By Kevin Schlosser

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November 22, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, writes that while the standards for disqualifying an expert are not identical in the state and federal courts, some recent Long Island decisions show that there is little meaningful difference in the courts' analysis.

By Kevin Schlosser

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January 25, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Kevin Schlosser, a partner with Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, reports that, based on what is likely to become a leading decision by the Nassau County Supreme Court, the brave new world of litigation is about to welcome a new technological creature that could rival e-mail as a compelling force in the adjudication of civil claims.

By Kevin Schlosser

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