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Supreme Court’s decision to grant certiorari in a case concerning the scope of investor protection laws the Commission fined Lorenzo $15,000, ordered him to cease and desist from violating the securities laws found to have violated the other subsections of Rule 10b-5 and related provisions of the securities laws false or misleading statements with intent to defraud” can be actionable under the federal securities laws arguments raised by Lorenzo and the dissent, rejecting each one as inconsistent with the securities laws

pendency is a powerful tool because “the statutory scheme permits a party to effectively retard the alienability “To counterbalance the ease with which a party may hinder another’s right to transfer property” the law notice of the pendency of the action, which shall specify, in addition to other particulars required by law only applies to mortgage foreclosure actions and, by its specific terms, does not apply to mechanic’s lien

presently provides, in pertinent part: Except as permitted by section 15-102 of the general obligations law Laws of N.Y., Book 7B, CPLR C5014:2).”  Gletzer v. However, in the “lien gap” period – the time between the expiration of the original lien and the time early enough to avoid a lien gap.”  conducted during the lien gap period in making their lending decisions. 

There are two types of fiduciary relationships: 1) those created by law ( e.g. , statute) or contract , Loyalty in the Firm: A Statement of General Principles on the Duties of Partners Withdrawing from Law August 2012 and April 29, 2016, Connors and Nash devised a plan to leave the Firm and establish a new law Takeaway Conners & Lombardo is as much about the fiduciary duties law partners and associates owe to the law firm at which they work as it is about the pleading standards under the CPLR in a pre-answer

his contentions. [18]  The Court found, as did Supreme Court, that “Defendant agreed to satisfy any liens [26] Takeaway Romano  underscores both the power and limits of contract reformation under New York law requirement that defendant deliver a warranty deed conveying “sole ownership,” and provisions addressing liens

A contract implied-in-fact “is just as binding as an express contract … since in the law there is no Spatorico and his law firm Pheterson Spatorico LLP represented the mortgagee. made out to defendant representing the money due to the mortgagee and one made out to the lienholder’s law Defendant then approached plaintiff’s law partner and had that partner renegotiate the lien release check to make it payable to defendant’s law firm.

performance is limited to the destruction of the means of performance by an act of God, vis major, or by law the doctrine is “applied narrowly, due in part to judicial recognition that the purpose of contract law Plaintiff moved for summary judgment in lieu of complaint pursuant to CPLR § 3213. contractual performance where there was been destruction or obstruction by God, a superior force, or by law have, nevertheless, been applied narrowly, due in part to the recognition that the purpose of contract law

Plaintiff sought damages for the injuries sustained from his fall based on Labor Law §§ 200, 240(1), obligation to indemnify them and summary judgment dismissing Transcontinental’s counterclaims for common-law against Transcontinental and summary judgment dismissing Transcontinental’s counterclaims for common-law provided that Transcontinental was to indemnify Granite and CNY to the fullest extent permitted by law Paragraph 16.02 of the agreement, the “Trade Contractor” was required, “ o the fullest extent permitted by law

Accordingly, a deed with a forged signature “holds a unique position in the law; a legal nullity at its The facts in Faison , a case that nicely explains the law on forged deeds, are interesting (and are simplified the plaintiff was estopped from challenging the validity of the mortgage, and ‘for a conclusion of law ’s favor, finding that Mentore “demonstrated her prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law Finally, “the plaintiff failed to establish its prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law

Black’s Law Dictionary has defined “escheat” as “ reversion of property to the state in consequence New York’s Abandoned Property Law (“APL”), sets forth various circumstances in which property is deemed In April of 2012, ABC moved the Court for an order pursuant to section 20 of New York’s Lien Law fixing The Deposit was made pursuant to an Order of the Court under section 20 of the Lien Law, which provides was still required to be in place pursuant to section 20 of the Lien Law. 

Several years later, TD Bank procured a mortgage on the Property in exchange for a Home Equity Line of Keenan allegedly drew, and made payments, on the line of credit up to and including the spring of 2016 Among other things, Defendants represented that they had no knowledge of any “claims, rights, liens, Finally, they represented that they were unaware of any judgment, encumbrance, lien or claim of right subject of the representation.” 10 In particular, the Court held: “We decline to hold as a matter of law