Search Results
Search results for "americans with disabilities act"
1393 results found for "americans with disabilities act"
- Justifiable Reliance and the Counterclaim That Wasn’t
This Blog has written about the justifiable reliance element of a fraud cause of action on many occasions The justifiable reliance element of a fraud causation of action has been described as a “fundamental The requirement is one of the five elements of a fraud cause of action: (1) a misrepresentation or a Thereafter, on October 12, 2016, the Buechels commenced the action. Plaintiffs asserted three causes of action for payment of the three notes at 4% interest.
- Update: INTL FCStone Mkts., LLC v. Corrib Oil Co. Ltd. First Department Affirms Summary Judgment Grant Involving Investment in Hundreds of Transactions
Background The action arose from the investment by Corrib in hundreds of derivatives transactions with On June 24, 2016, FCStone commenced the action by filing a summons and motion for summary judgment in Blog has noted in previous posts, the failure to satisfy the foregoing will result in dismissal of the action
- Arbitral Award Confirmed As Being Rational and Supported by the Record
Background National Union , and a companion action, involved insurance claims made by TransCanada Energy On March 2, 2016, the Court granted TransCanada’s motions for partial summary judgment in both actions in lieu of a jury trial and to reduce the arbitrator’s ruling to a final judgment for entry in the action Consequently, TransCanada’s actual insurance claims or losses applied.
- FOLLOW-UP – THE NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS THE APPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND DEPARTMENT’S, ENFORCEMENT OF WAIVER OF DECLARATORY RELIEF IN COMMERCIAL LEASE RESULTING IN THE DENIAL OF TENANT’S YE...
plaintiffs be precluded from commencing precisely the type of suit they initiated here and, as such, this action sole challenge to the waiver provision in question – “that the right to bring a declaratory judgment action merely a means of maintaining the status quo by tolling a contractual cure period during a pending action Here, because plaintiffs' declaratory judgment action was barred by the lease waiver, there was no pending action in which to adjudicate the parties' rights and to support interim relief in the form of a Yellowstone
- Defendant Not Equitably Estopped From Asserting a Personal Jurisdiction Defense Says the First Department
plaintiff seeking to apply the doctrine of equitable estoppel must establish that the defendant’s actions prevented him/her from taking action and that he/she justifiably relied on the defendant to his/her person against whom enforcement is sought and who, while justifiably relying on the opposing party’s actions v Thompson Hine, LLP , the court addressed the foregoing principles, affirming the dismissal of an action And, in reply, defendant submits check vouchers in connection with the Georgia action that purportedly
- Court Dismisses Fraud Counterclaim as Being Duplicative of Contract Claim
Plaintiff commenced the action alleging numerous causes of action, including breach of contract and fraud
- The U.S. Government Intervenes In $50 Million Healthcare Fraud Case
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced the filing of criminal and civil actions The DOJ civil action joins (through intervention) a pending qui tam action that was previously filed Island, New York (“Hospital-1”), in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act In the fraud action filed against CMA and Hameedi, among others, the government is seeking treble damages and civil penalties under the False Claims Act for the fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid
- The Appellate Division, Second Department Rules on The Use of Publication as an Alternative Method of Service of Process On An Individual
) service can be made by delivering the summons to ” a person of suitable age and discretion at the actual known residence or by mailing the summons by first class mail to the person to be served at his or her actual diligence,” CPLR 308(4) permits service to be made “by affixing the summons to the door of either the actual known residence or by mailing the summons by first class mail to the person to be served at his or her actual and complaint in time to defend the action.”
- Jury Returns $92 Million Verdict Against Allied for FCA Violations
and together with Allied Capital, "Allied") and CEO Jim Hodge liable for violating the False Claims Act ("FCA") and the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 ("FIRREA") in connection There have been only two FCA actions against a lender related to the mortgage crisis that have gone to trial and verdict: this case and the HUSL - Bank of America case. If you have knowledge of a violation of the False Claims Act, an experienced attorney can help you explore
- Court Finds Guarantor Bound by an Agreement in Which Guarantor Agreed to Be Bound by Future Amendments to the Agreement
Mosionzhnik initiated a third-party action against Dangoor in March 2018 and amended her third-party
- THE FIRST DEPARTMENT REAFFIRMS THAT A CLAIM FOR EXCESSIVE FEES AGAINST AN ATTORNEY IS SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM A LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIM
The Second Department has held that “ o state a cause of action to recover damages for legal malpractice the legal profession, and that the breach of this duty proximately caused the plaintiff to sustain actual Sometimes duplicative causes of action are dismissed and sometimes they survive. of the legal malpractice cause of action.” Legal malpractice actions are governed by a three-year statute of limitations.
- Court-Ordered and Statutory Deadlines are Not Optional, Says the First Department
The action was administratively reassigned to Justice Wilma Guzman on January 7, 2017. deadline itself, the Court noted that defendants conceded their awareness of the reassignment of the action Such actions, the Court held, rendered “their motions untimely.” Id .
