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  • Under New York and Federal Law, Appraisal Agreements Are Enforced as If They Were Arbitration Agreements

    Wien & Malkin LLP v. Thus, an appraisal award will not be vacated “for errors of law and fact committed by the .” Id.

  • Second Department, Once Again, Dismisses Payment Claim of Unlicensed Electrical Contractor Despite Close Relationship with Licensed Electrical Contractor that Obtained the Permits and Performed the...

    consumers,” CPLR § 3015(e) requires that if a business must be licensed by virtue of state or local law reversing the court below and dismissing plaintiff’s complaint which sought to foreclose a mechanic’s lien Mikoma Tech filed a mechanic’s lien and both Mikoma Tech and Mikoma Electrical brought breach of contract The motion court denied GC’s motion to dismiss Mikoma Tech’s claims and to discharge its lien. breach of contract or quantum meruit theory and has forfeited the right to foreclose on mechanic's liens

  • Fraud and The East Hampton Dream Home

    plaintiff signed a document in which plaintiff agreed that he was “purchasing the property … subject to all liens Plaintiff claimed that defendants gave him false assurances that the existing liens were a mere technicality , the house was his and would be free and clear of all liens in short period of time. plaintiff entered into the transaction to purchase the property with full knowledge of the outstanding liens and that Hampton and its principal were obligated to clear these liens.

  • A Costly Label: Why a Litigation Funding Agreement Was Declared Void

    of the litigation outcome, the agreement may be treated as a loan, and subject to New York’s usury laws As a result, the agreement was declared usurious, void, and unenforceable as a matter of law. actions of usury, duress, and undue influence rendered the PSA void and unenforceable as a matter of law to declare that the parties’ litigation funding agreement was void and unenforceable as a matter of law , such a savings clause could not retroactively render an otherwise usurious transaction lawful.[24]

  • Summary Judgment In Lieu Of Complaint: When Is an Instrument for The Payment of Money Only an Instrument for The Payment Of Money Only?

    Haber In prior articles, we examined the motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint under CPLR As explained below, summary judgment in lieu of complaint is available for an instrument for the payment CPLR § 3213: A Primer Under CPLR § 3213, a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint may be served Plaintiff brought the action seeking summary judgment in lieu of complaint against Guarantor. As noted, to obtain judgement as a matter of law pursuant to CPLR § 3213, the movant must demonstrate

  • REVIVE A TIME-BARRED CLAIM USING § 17-101 OF NEW YORK’S GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW

    must be commenced within the time specified in this article unless a different time is prescribed by law No court shall extend the time limited by law for the commencement of an action.” where the action is commenced against them after the expiration of the statutory period because the law are designed to address, however, may be ameliorated by § 17-101 of New York’s General Obligations Law operation of the provisions of limitations of time for commencing actions under the civil practice law

  • The Legal 500 USA Again Recognizes Jeffrey M. Haber As Recommended Lawyer For Securities Litigation

    Haber New York, NY (Law Firm Newswire) August 10, 2016 - The Legal 500 USA, a leading legal ranking and Haber was identified in the 2016 edition as a “recommended” lawyer in the “Dispute Resolution: Securities The Legal 500 is an independent guide that ranks law firms and individual lawyers around the world. months each year conducting in-depth research into the legal market, using information provided by law Freiberger Haber LLP combines the sophistication and counsel of a large national law firm with the economy

  • Timing is Everything – CPLR 205(a), CPLR 205-A and FAPA

    Trust Co., an action that involves numerous areas of the law about which we frequently write -- mortgage RPAPL 1501(4) When a mortgage appears as a lien of record on real property, but the statute of limitations This statute enables the mortgagor to eliminate the lien of the mortgage without having to wait to impose CPLR 205(a) is a “remedial” statute that “has existed in New York law since at least 1788” and can [t new action would have been timely commenced within the applicable limitations period prescribed by law

  • Court Dismisses Shareholder Derivative Action Because Plaintiffs Failed To Allege Demand Futility Under Delaware Law

    Under Delaware law, the factors to be examined in determining whether demand is excused depends on whether breaches and related Employees’ Class Action; and (viii) allowing ABM to violate state and federal laws Under Delaware law, to survive a motion to dismiss on demand futility grounds made by an independent faith, caused ABM to violate federal securities regulations on disclosure, as well as state privacy laws concluded that Plaintiffs provided “no particularized facts to support the assertion that a security law

  • Some Pitfalls of Moving for Summary Judgment in Lieu of Complaint

    Rule 3213 of the CPLR – which permits a litigant to move for summary judgment in lieu of filing a complaint plaintiff may serve with the summons a notice of motion for summary judgment and the supporting papers in lieu CPLR 3213 provides that the return date of a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint shall, Thus, depending on the method of service of the notice of motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint A plaintiff making a motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint must be careful and conservative

  • Breaking Ground or Breaking Promises: Dispute Over $1.075 Million Construction Claim

    After defendant stated the owner had not authorized the work, plaintiff filed a $1.075 million lien and Thereafter, on August 23, 2024, plaintiff filed a mechanic’s lien against the project in the amount of The lien was based on several categories of alleged costs, including insurance premiums, materials such

  • Renewal Judgments Under CPLR 5014 in the Face of Defective Service of Process

    Money judgments recorded in a county in which the judgment debtor owns real property, however, are only liens property for 10 years, CPLR § 5203(a) , although CPLR § 5014 permits a judgment creditor to extend the lien renewal judgment up to one year prior to the expiration of the original judgment so as to avoid the “lien gap” that results when a renewal judgment is entered after the expiration of the original lien. Note: recent caselaw clarifying the law on service of process, updating DMV records and estoppel has

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