By Jane Wester | March 26, 2020
"It's a great handicap, it's major, and I don't like it," said real estate lawyer Adam Leitman Bailey. "We have been filing, but the only things we're filing are affidavits of service and orders to show cause when we have emergencies."
By Jack Newsham | March 23, 2020
Robin Henry and Motty Shulman, who have represented financial institutions at Boies Schiller Flexner for close to two decades, have joined Fried Frank's litigation department.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Justin T. Kelton | March 19, 2020
Will these unprecedented circumstances constitute force majeure events, such that they provide a defense to a claimed breach? This article provides an overview of how New York courts are likely to grapple with this urgent issue.
By Mark A. Berman | March 11, 2020
The New York Commercial Division Practice Guide is a must-have resource for commercial litigators in New York.
By Jason Grant | March 5, 2020
Much of the hotly litigated fight over whether the state's Court of Appeals should grant leave to appeal focuses on the interpretation of, and weight to be accorded to, a previous federal case involving a different drawing from the same 1930s art collection.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer | February 20, 2020
While a claim of conversion has grown to extend beyond tangible property to keep up with computerized use, courts are still grappling with how far to extend the tort. In their Commercial Division Update, Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer explore the expansion of conversion claims to cover intangible property.
By Tom McParland | January 29, 2020
In her ruling, Friedman said the terms of the agreements "unambiguously" entitled UBS to recover losses on its retained assets. She also rejected Highland's counterclaims and attempts to offset the damages.
By Laurel R. Kretzing, Chair, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section | January 24, 2020
Laurel R. Kretzing, Chair of the NYSBA Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, writes about how the section is looking to the future, a theme that is carried forward in its Annual Meeting programs, which focus on developing litigation technologies and new and emerging issues that litigators must be prepared to address.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky | January 22, 2020
In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky examine some of the more innovative ways that the recently-promulgated CEA Code of Best Practices in Arbitration (together with the Model Arbitration Rules annexed to the Code) deal with the various participants to arbitration, including arbitral institutions, arbitrators, lawyers, expert witnesses, tribunal secretaries and third-party funders.
By Tom McParland | January 14, 2020
Tuesday's ruling revived a long-running and nasty dispute between Touradji Capital and its former portfolio managers, Gentry Beach and Robert Vollero Jr.
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