As pandemic-related restrictions are lifted, we look forward to the day—hopefully soon—when all appellate advocates can again “zoom” down to the courthouse and make their cases to the Appellate Division panels in person. In the meantime, the justices remain hard at work deciding tough cases and novel issues. Below are some of the highlights from the first quarter of this year.

First Department

False Claims Act. In Weiner v. City of New York, 2021 N.Y. Slip Op. 00229 (1st Dep’t Jan. 14, 2021), the First Department addressed the standard for determining whether a proposed settlement under the New York False Claims Act (NYFCA) is “fair, adequate, and reasonable” as required by State Finance Law §190.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]