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- Laches Defense Fails to Convince Court to Enter Judgment for the Defendant
elements of the doctrine, a plaintiff who has no knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action However, where a plaintiff knows or has reason to know about his/her claim, he/she must act diligently the resolution of the action. Plaintiffs filed suit, asserting two causes of action against the Estate: replevin and conversion (the first and second cause of action).
- New York Court Of Appeals Confirms Questions Of Arbitrability Are For The Arbitrators
Monarch Consulting , 26 N.Y.3d at 675, quoting American Express Co. v.
- Enforcement News: SEC Charges Financial Services Professional and Associate with Perpetrating a Front-Running Scheme
Front-running was the focus of an enforcement action that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC “As today’s action shows, SEC staff will utilize data analytics tools at our disposal to find and charge In a parallel action, the U.S. These types of insider-trading schemes satisfy the greedy ambitions of nefarious actors at the expense
- The Duplication Doctrine and Justifiable Reliance
of the dispute was defendants’ alleged conspiracy with Transmar to commit a wide array of fraudulent activity order to create the “impression that Transmar had much greater profitability and liquidity than it actually
- First: Read CPLR 304; Second: Insert Your Own First Step/Begin Your Journey Quote Here: _____________; and, Third: Read this Article.
FIRST -- CPLR 304 , which explains how to commence an action or special proceeding, provides at subparagraph (a): An action is commenced by filing a summons and complaint or summons with notice in accordance with subsequent filing at a specific time and date not later than five days thereafter shall commence the action Plaintiff’s subsequent efforts to “restore the purported action” to the court’s calendar were denied should not have been dismissed, an action is commenced by filing a summons and complaint or summons
- First Department Finds Mechanic’s Lien is Willfully Exaggerated Under the Lien Law
Court Order, the Contract provided that “‘the Contract Sum shall be the fixed amount of any proceeds actually $200,000 against the Liened Building and, thereafter, Contractor commenced a mechanic’s lien foreclosure action of a lien has been willfully exaggerated is ordinarily determined at the trial of the foreclosure action
- Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied Where Party to Agreement Had No Authority to Sign Agreement
Wolf was an action to recover damages for personal injuries. After plaintiff was appointed administrator of the decedent’s estate, he commenced the action on behalf
- The Importance of Sharing Profits and Losses When Claiming Breach of an Oral Partnership and Pleading Fraud with Particularity
Plaintiff brought suit, alleging 16 causes of action, including misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary , plaintiff filed an amended complaint. 9 The amended complaint largely incorporated the causes of action The motion court granted the motion to “the extent of dismissing the replead causes of action and the new cause of action for a constructive trust”. The Court also held that “Defendants … established their entitlement to dismissal of the causes of action
- Why Corporate Governance Matters
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is designed to foster transparency in corporate Liability Directors and officers can be held personally liable if a criminal proceeding or enforcement action In addition, executives may also be held legally responsible for the unlawful actions of employees under At the same time, having proper internal controls can mitigate the risk of a regulatory enforcement action
- First Department Finds that Loss of a Personal Journal Results in Adverse Inference Charge Due to Spoliation of Evidence
CPLR permits “full disclosure of all matter material and necessary in the prosecution or defense of an action preserve information that may be “material and necessary” to the prosecution or defense of claims in an action
- Did Equifax Executives Violate Insider Trading Laws?
The cyber breach involved the theft of 143 million Americans’ personal data --including Social Security Class Action Lawsuits Consumer Class Actions On September 11, 2017, USA Today reported that more than Securities Class Actions Along with the consumer class actions, investors have filed securities class bringing actions following the disclosure of data breaches. may be different than the previous data breach class actions involving other companies.
- Defendants’ Inconsistent Positions Suffice to Satisfy Justifiable Reliance Element of Fraud Claim
In November 2017, plaintiff brought an action against defendant in the Civil Court for New York County In 2019, during discovery in the Civil Court action, plaintiff learned that the request to reduce its If Plaintiff didn’t write it off, its remedy is breach of contract in the Civil Court action. In addition, the motion court rejected defendants’ argument that the fraud cause of action should be not duplicative of the breach of contract cause of action.” 11 The Court explained that the “fraud
