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Marshall Dennehey Secures Defense Verdict in $24.1M Construction Negligence Lawsuit

"From a defense perspective, those that are creative, innovative and dynamic in their presentations will do well in front of jurors," said John Delany III, a shareholder at Marshall Dennehey.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Hollywood Development Boom: Shrinking Land Supply Presents Opportunities

"As a result, developers really in the last five years have been capitalizing on the demand of people wanting to live there, and the projects are getting approved and finally getting out of the ground—that has been the vision of Hollywood for years," said attorney Keith Poliakoff of Government Law Group.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Appeals Court: Continued At-Will Employment Sufficient Consideration for Restrictive Covenant in NDA

Reversing the lower court, the Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that continued at-will employment can be sufficient consideration for a restrictive covenant in a nondisclosure agreement.
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New York Law Journal

Rejecting Defendant's Request for Full Medical Records, First Dept. Sends Construction Accident Case Toward Trial

"Plaintiff did not place his entire medical condition in controversy by suing to recover damages for orthopedic injuries to his shoulders, hands, and right wrist by alleging in the bill of particulars that those injuries are permanent in nature," wrote an Appellate Division, First Department panel.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Construction Companies Agree to $7M Accord for Worker Who Fell on Jobsite

"Every one of them had their fingerprints on this, so it was really just going to be a question of whose were the deepest and the darkest," Fulginiti said.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Department Rejects Bid to Use 'Self-Serving, Unsworn' Deposition Testimony in Whistleblower Trial

In making apparently related rulings on the deposition testimony of defendant Xin Development Management East's representative Ryan Black, the Appellate Division, First Department court cited successive subsections of New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules, or CPLR, statute.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Roof Damage Fight Goes to First District Appeals Court

The Restoration Association of Florida and Florida Premier Roofing say a requirement for scaling back roof-damage claims is unconstitutional.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rejects Toll Brothers' Bid to End Case With Statute of Repose Defense

It's good news for other homeowners who find themselves needing to take steps to address construction defects in one of their most important assets—their homes.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Construction Company Misappropriated $1.3M Paid for Home Construction

This decision was picked from New York's court dockets and summarized by the Law Journal's decision editors.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

The 'Privity-Like' Requirement for Professional Negligence and Negligent Misrepresentation Claims

As discussed in this article, determining whether a privity-like relationship is proven, or at the motion to dismiss stage adequately pleaded, is intensively fact-specific.
9 minute read

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