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  • Is Your Settlement Agreement Subject to Its “Subject to” Language?

    Tour Central Park Inc.   [Eds. The parties both operate bicycle rental and tour businesses in New York City’s Central Park.  Rent’ and ‘Central Park Rent Bike’”.  Bike Rent” and “Central Park Rent Bike.”  Tour Central Park – Term Sheet – For review.’” 

  • Court Affirms Denial of Motion to Dismiss Aiding and Abetting a Fraud Claim, Finding All Elements Adequately Pleaded

    The doctrine also incorporates a proximate‑cause component: the assistance must be sufficiently connected were not readily discoverable by the plaintiffs in fulfilling their responsibilities imposed by the doctrine This Blog wrote about the caveat emptor doctrine on many occasions, including: Fraudulent Concealment and the Caveat Emptor Doctrine ; Publicly Available Information, Justifiable Reliance and The Caveat Emptor Doctrine ; and Caveat Emptor, Disclaimer Clauses and Buying Property “As Is” . ⁵ Id. ⁶ Id. ⁷Id

  • Caveat Emptor, Disclaimer Clauses and Buying Property “As Is”

    This scenario often invokes the common law doctrine of caveat emptor. Under the doctrine, the courts will not impose liability on a seller of property or assets for failing seller’s agents thwarted the plaintiff’s efforts to fulfill his [or her] responsibilities fixed by the doctrine .”[15] The Court rejected plaintiff’s contention that the claims were subject to the special facts doctrine Paschke, 133 A.D.3d 713, 716 (2d Dept. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Daly v.

  • Fraud Notes: Statute of Limitations and the Failure to Plead The Elements of a Fraud Claim

    Yudkin involved the statute of limitations for fraud and the continuing wrong doctrine. The Court also rejected plaintiff’s contention that the continuing wrong doctrine tolled the statute of limitations.[20] Under New York law, the doctrine “may only be predicated on continuing unlawful acts wrong of the earlier misrepresentations made to the plaintiff, and therefore, the continuing wrong doctrine intelligence.[48] Both of the foregoing circumstances will negate application of the special facts doctrine

  • Res Judicata Bars Action To Determine The Validity of a Refinancing Agreement

    Haber Under the doctrine of res judicata, a final judgment on the merits of a claim precludes re-litigation have been “reasonably and plainly comprehended to be within the scope” of the prior dispute. 3 The doctrine "> The doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel apply to prior arbitration proceedings, as well to dismiss the complaint, asserting, among other things, that plaintiff’s claims were barred by the doctrine Parke Rose Mgt.

  • Collateral Estoppel, Finality of Arbitration and Newly Discovered Evidence

    Haber The doctrine of collateral estoppel prevents a party from relitigating an issue that was “raised and fair opportunity to litigate the issue in prior action or proceeding.” 3 The collateral estoppel doctrine The Court held that the action was barred by the collateral estoppel doctrine. 14 The Court noted that Parke Rose Mgt. Sys. , 138 A.D.2d 575, 577 (2d Dept. 1988). Milone v. Macy Park Constr.

  • Dispute Involving Mostly Israeli Residents Dismissed on Forum Non-Conveniens Grounds

    Haber “The doctrine of forum non conveniens permits a US court to decline to exercise its judicial jurisdiction court would be a seriously inconvenient forum and if an adequate alternative forum exists.” 1 The doctrine presupposes at least two forums in which the defendant is amenable to process; the doctrine furnishes when there has been a clear abuse of discretion.” 3 Under CPLR § 327, which codified the common law doctrine It is a flexible doctrine that is based upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

  • 25% Owner Held Not to Have Dominated and Controlled Corporate Entity to Pierce the Corporate Veil

    Respondent also argued that the equitable doctrines of in pari delcito and unclean hands precluded petitioner of a fraud directed at petitioner.” 13 Finally, the Court noted that “respondent’s invocation of the doctrines As a general matter, the doctrine of in pari delicto prevents a plaintiff who participated in an alleged The doctrine mandates that in such circumstances the courts will not intercede to resolve a dispute between This Blog wrote about the in pari delicto doctrine here . Jeffrey M.

  • The Assignment of Litigation Rights and Champerty

    Haber It is not often that we examine a case involving the doctrine of champerty. We also examined the champerty doctrine in 2021 ( here ), 2020 ( here ), and 2016 ( here ).  Today, we examine the champerty doctrine in our discussion of IKB Intl. S.A. v. It has been described as “a venerable doctrine developed hundreds of years ago to prevent or curtail the commercialization of or trading in litigation .” 1 The doctrine of champerty is codified in New York

  • Fraudulent Inducement: Materiality, Scienter and Justifiable Reliance

    Nexstar argued that it had no duty of disclosure under either the special facts doctrine or the misleading partial disclosure doctrine. Moreover, the motion court held that the special facts doctrine was applicable, as information about Park S., LLC , 33 A.D.3d 491, 492 (1st Dept. 2006). “Under the special facts doctrine, a duty to disclose arises where one party's superior knowledge of

  • Fraud and the Ice Cream Franchise

    Apr. 4, 2023) ( here ), a case involving the special facts doctrine in the context of a fraud claim, , on the special facts doctrine 4 and whether there was a disparity in the level of information available in effect, defendants were concealing material information from them, thus making the special facts doctrine To satisfy the special facts doctrine, a party must satisfy the following two-prong test: “that the material We have examined the special facts doctrine, here , here and here . Jeffrey M.

  • Vacatur Under the FAA – It Isn’t Easy

    under the FAA if it exhibited a ‘manifest disregard’ of the law.” 7 The manifest disregard of law doctrine is, however, is a ‘severely limited’ doctrine. 8 “It is a doctrine of last resort limited to the rare of the FAA apply.’” 9 The Second Circuit has indicated that the doctrine requires “more than a simple arbitration award on any of the enumerated grounds under the FAA and the manifest disregard of the law doctrine The Second Circuit has clarified, in light of Hall Street Assocs. , supra , that it regards the doctrine

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