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  • Agreement to Arbitrate All Disputes Arising From The Agreement Includes Malpractice Claims

    unmistakable agreement of the parties to that effect), this would incur an unacceptable risk that parties might be compelled to surrender their right to court adjudication, without their having consented.” 10 Accordingly The claim was asserted by Sandra Brown, Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels, and Credits of the decedent interpretation of this Agreement.” 13 The agreement also provided that the parties were “waiving their rights

  • SEC Announces Second Largest Whistleblower Award

    encourage other individuals with knowledge of potential federal securities law violations to make the right

  • Court of Appeals Resolves Split Among the Appellate Divisions Concerning the Availability of Punitive Damages Under General Business Law § 349

    In 1980, the legislature added a private right to the act “ o ensure the broadest enforcement of the The terms of the policy expressly provided that defendant maintained the right to alter the COI Rate The foregoing damages scheme, said the Court, reflected a legislative process by which a private right “In the 44 years since the private right of action was added to the statute,” noted the Court, “the legislature period—whether for plaintiff’s breach of contract claim, section 349 claim, or any other claim that might

  • Mechanics’ Liens and Discharge Bonds

    of lien is the statutory method prescribed by which the party entitled thereto perfects his inchoate right Thus, the placing of a mechanics’ lien on real property can adversely impact the owner’s rights.

  • Obtaining A Prejudgment Attachment Order Is Not Easy, Even Where Fraud Is Alleged

    obtaining a prejudgment attachment order vary from state to state; there is no federal law or common law right Generally, the plaintiff (or creditor) must: (1) have a pending lawsuit for damages, (2) identify the property or asset to be attached in detail, (3) claim a legal right to that property or asset, and ( Del Forte contended that Blue Beverage was insolvent and had intentionally failed to pay its creditors Although Plaintiff provides plenty of evidence of potential judgment creditors of Blue Beverage, there

  • New York City Sparkies Beware – Be Licensed or be Square

    that licensing statutes are to be strictly construed and that an unlicensed contractor forfeits the right to regulate the business of installing, altering or repairing wiring and appliances for electrical light

  • Thorny Issues Concerning the Statute of Limitations for Declaratory Relief and Breach of Fiduciary Duty

    Plaintiffs who do not pursue their rights within the limitations period will find the courthouse doors controversy when a plaintiff receives direct, definitive notice that the defendant is repudiating his or her rights Heller Hammer involved a dispute among three siblings concerning their rights and interests in three controversy when a plaintiff receives direct, definitive notice that the defendant is repudiating his or her rights 2022 that she had “direct, definitive notice” of Defendant’s purported repudiation of her partnership rights

  • Vacatur Under the FAA – It Isn’t Easy

    origin and retaliated against him for engaging in protected activity in violation of New York City Human Rights to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy; or of any other misbehavior by which the rights evidence from which the arbitrator could have concluded that petitioner intended to assert a protected right , therefore, a basis for vacatur: “To the extent petitioner asserts that the arbitrator should have credited The Second Circuit has clarified, in light of Hall Street Assocs. , supra , that it regards the doctrine

  • Collateral Estoppel Held Not To Bar Later-Filed Malpractice Action

    intentional infliction of emotional distress, and for a judgment declaring that defendants waived their right expensive, and that requiring plaintiff to pursue her claims in arbitration would violate her due process rights not preclude the plaintiff from raising in the present action whether the defendants waived their right

  • Fraudulent Inducement and The Independent Contractor Agreement

    occurred in or around April 2020, when defendant, via one of its subsidiaries, offered plaintiff the right Initially, on May 15, 2020, defendant, via one of its subsidiaries, granted plaintiff the right to acquire Section 3 of Exhibit A of the ICA would be amended to provide that plaintiff would “be granted a one-time right Plaintiff maintained that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the terms “right to purchase” and “continuous plaintiff would—through “a discount of 33% on the current sale” of AVAX tokens and a $17,000 USDC “credit

  • Court Affirms Reformation of a Settlement Agreement Based on Clear and Convincing Evidence of Mutual Mistake

    The party demanding it “‘must establish his right to such relief by clear, positive and convincing evidence The agreement further required defendant to sign a warranty deed that conveyed “all of his right, title Plaintiff contacted defendant through counsel, disputing defendant’s right to do so and asserting that significant,” concluded the Court, “the settlement agreement purport[ed] to articulate the parties’ rights

  • Statutory Construction: Should A New Statute Be Applied Retroactively or Prospectively?

    cursory Worker’s Compensation Board hearings not prevent workers from exercising their constitutional right The court also noted that “retroactive application not result in unfairness or impair substantive rights application not increase liability but rather provide plaintiff with an opportunity to exercise his right or bestow additional rights.” 13 Courts must discern the Legislature’s intent, first by looking to legislative history, whether retroactive application would result in unfairness or impair substantive rights

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