In Effort to Boost 'Efficiency,' New Rule for NY's Commercial Divisions Mandates Lawyers Include Original Allegations in Responsive Pleadings
"For some reason, the format never took hold in New York state, but the time has come for practitioners to embrace this common sense convention," said Jonathan Lupkin, a Commercial Division Advisory Council member and a nearly 30-year veteran of commercial-litigation practice.
August 22, 2022 at 04:32 PM
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Commercial LitigationIn an effort to enhance the "utility" and "efficiency" of all responsive pleadings, the state court system has instituted a new rule for its Commercial Divisions that requires lawyers to copy in, or "interlineate," each specific allegation to which they're responding.
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