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  • New York Supreme Court Addresses Pleading Requirements For Fraudulent Conveyance Actions

    Sometimes such transfers are made with actual intent to defraud.  Capital One commenced the Action in 2016 alleging, constructive and actual fraudulent conveyances under pleading required with causes of action based on actual fraud (as with claims made pursuant to DCL 276 The Court also sustained causes of action for conveyances made with actual intent fraud to defraud under considering repealing the existing fraudulent conveyance laws and adopting the “Uniform Voidable Transaction Act

  • COVID-19 Update: New York State Courts and The Rules for Virtual Signatures

    Under the order, the act of remote witnessing ( i.e. , using audio-video technology) is permissible provided

  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules That A Person Who Disseminates the Misstatements of Another Can Be Liable Under the Federal Securities Laws

    for engaging in securities fraud under the scheme liability provisions of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. statement, can be held liable under the scheme liability provisions of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act The Commission alleged that Lorenzo violated Rule 10b-5, Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, and Section 17(a)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”).

  • Court Addresses Related Agreements with Forum Selection Clauses that Designate Different Venues for Dispute Resolution

    pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (1) on the ground that the forum selection clause precluded commencement of the action A few weeks later, on July 10, 2018, Lilis filed the New York action, relying on the forum selection Alternatively, Blackwell argued, the action should be dismissed under the doctrine of forum non conveniens (CPLR § 327(a)(4)), or in light of the first-filed Texas action (CPLR § 321l(a)(4)). Lilis’s Texas-based employees seeking to litigate disputes with the company about disability benefits

  • FOURTH DEPARTMENT HOLDS THAT PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR BREACH OF A CONTRACT WITH A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES CLAUSE BECAUSE CONTRACTUAL MONETARY DAMAGES UNDERMINES THE “IRREPARABL...

    A preliminary injunction may be granted in any action where it appears that the defendant threatens or is about to do, or is doing or procuring or suffering to be done, an act in violation of the plaintiff's from the commission or continuance of an act, which, if committed or continued during the pendency of the action, would produce injury to the plaintiff…. Plaintiff, landlord, commenced action seeking a declaratory judgment and asserting causes of action for

  • Court Allows Fraud Claim To Stand With Breach of Contract Claim Despite Some Overlap in Claims

    promises of future conduct.”14 The Court explained that the fraud claim “adds to the contract cause of action only the allegation that gave insincere oral assurances that would perform the very same act (reversal References In the complaint, ISC asserted two additional causes of action: (i) gross negligence; and

  • Enforcement News: Former Race Team Owner and Investment Adviser Charged With Multimillion Dollar Fraud

    investment adviser is a fiduciary, and as such is held to the highest standard of conduct and must act An adviser disclosing that he/she “may” have a conflict is not adequate disclosure when the conflict actually In a parallel action, the U.S.

  • Out-Of-Pocket Damages, Intent to Deceive and The Business Judgment Rule

    Haber To allege a cause of action based on fraud, plaintiffs must assert “a misrepresentation or a material Plaintiffs asserted 58 causes of action in various permutations against different combinations of the sale of a corporate asset, defendants are entitled “adduce evidence of self-dealing, fraud, or other acts business settings.” 14 The rule does not, however, protect directors who “passively rubber-stamp[] the acts Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. , 29 N.Y.3d 137, 142-43 (2017) (quoting, Lama, supra ) (internal quotations

  • A Fraud That is Collateral to The Contract and Not Barred By The Merger Clause 

    GlobalFoundries moved to dismiss the fraudulent inducement cause of action. The Court held that IBM stated a cause of action for fraudulent inducement “in alleging that GlobalFoundries misrepresentation of material present fact, which is intended to deceive another party and induce that party to act

  • Statute of Limitations, The Continuing Wrong Doctrine and an Alleged Fraudulent Insurance Scheme

    continuing wrongs,” the statute of limitations will be tolled to the last date on which a wrongful act The application of the continuing wrong doctrine must “be predicated on continuing unlawful acts and Thus, the doctrine is inapplicable where there is one tortious act and “continuing consequential damages The Court held that the automatic renewals and the drawdowns were not a continuing unlawful act; rather Takeaway The continuing wrong doctrine is based on the continuation of unlawful acts; it is not based

  • Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Court Denies Motion To Dismiss Action For Dissolution Of An LLC

    Based upon these and other actions, the Petitioners filed an action seeking: (1) a judicial decree dissolving became Co-Manager, he failed to fulfill his managerial duties, and that Herbert had been the only one actively maintained that the creation of the TD Bank Account was not a breach of the Operating Agreement and their actions Respondents allege that any ineffectiveness in CHP’s management and operation is due to the intentional acts

  • Failure to Demonstrate Mailing of Invoice Dooms Account Stated Claim

    Haber It has been more than two years since this Blog has written about the account stated cause of action an existing debt; it cannot be made to create a liability where none existed before. 3 A cause of action As a result, on April 17, 2015, plaintiff commenced the action, asserting causes of action for breach "> It also commenced a third-party action for champerty against Maverick Real Estate Partners, LLC. Bank of America, N.A. v. Ball , 188 A.D.3d 974 (2d Dept. 2020); Citibank (S.D.), N.A. v.

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