New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner | March 25, 2019
In their Trial Practice column, Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner discuss the newly-passed Child Victims Act, which not only extends the statute of limitations, but dispenses with the requirement to file a notice of claim against various municipal entities for the specific sexual offenses enumerated in the Act.
By Greg Land | March 25, 2019
Customers and employees had been robbed in the parking lot prior to the shooting.
By Jason Grant | March 22, 2019
Writing that the IME observer-notes issue has been addressed by “the trial courts with varying results," a First Department, Appellate Division panel examined the issue in the context of a case in which a personal-injury plaintiff had moved to quash the defendants' subpoena duces tecum seeking notes from a plaintiff-hired observer of an independent medical exam.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ilann M. Maazel | March 22, 2019
The New York State Legislature recently passed a well-publicized law extending the statute of limitations for certain abuse victims: the Child Victims Act. In his Civil Rights Litigation column, Ilann M. Maazel reviews that act, and more generally, how long victims of sexual abuse, misconduct, and discrimination have to bring claims under New York and federal law.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Ashleigh Quinn Gallagher | March 21, 2019
Changes in Social Security disability rules and regulations have trended toward making it more difficult for attorneys representing claimants to manage cases, evaluate the potential case strength of claims and withdraw from cases in which the claimants are not cooperating or have disappeared.
By Greg Land | March 20, 2019
Seventeen-year-old Sariah Wilcoxson was gunned down in front of the Highlands at East Atlanta apartments in January 2016 as she waited at a bus stop when a gang member who lived in the complex opened fire with an AK-47.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 20, 2019
Two Stanford students have filed a cause of action saying their degrees have been devalued because the university was targeted the in the admissions fraud scheme. And a rejected student is seeking $5 billion in a suit against the alleged scammers.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Daniel F. Lindley and Elisa Shevlin Rizzo | March 18, 2019
Irrevocable trusts often leave the trustee with limited flexibility to address unanticipated circumstances, investment challenges, or outdated administrative provisions. There are, however, techniques for improving this situation, the availability of which depends upon the jurisdiction governing the trust. This article compares the options under New York and Delaware law.
By Colby Hamilton | March 18, 2019
A Manhattan district court said Trump immigration officials were out of compliance with federal statutory language and New York state precedent in denying young immigrants special protection status without notice.
By Colby Hamilton | March 15, 2019
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Franc Perry's ruling that project's approval rested on a bad reading of zoning law raises questions about an ambiguous set of rules and whether government assurances trump statutory language.
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