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  • Voidable Transfer Under the New Debtor and Creditor Law

    Uniform Voidable Transactions Act, which repealed and replaced certain provisions of the Debtor and Creditor after April 4, 2020 are governed by the current version of the DCL.[3] The DCL, as amended, permits creditors to void actual and constructive fraudulent transfers.[4] A creditor may void a debtor’s constructive … (1) with actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or (2) without receiving Law, thereby enhancing creditor protections against fraudulent transfers.

  • Judgment Debtors as LLC Members: How LLC Law § 607 Constrains Creditor Remedies

    Haber New York’s Limited Liability Company Law § 607 limits the remedies available to a creditor when That statute bars a creditor of an LLC member from “obtain[ing] possession of, or otherwise exercising The motion court found that each of these requests would improperly allow petitioner, as a creditor of whose rights would be affected by the requested declaration.[4] Petitioner also failed to allege that non‑consensual business relationships, interfere with management, or go beyond the debtor’s economic rights

  • The Second Department Finds No Waiver of Contract Rights

    thereof.[2] “A valid waiver requires no more than the voluntary and intentional abandonment of a known right Whether a party waived a contractual right was an issue decided on June 11, 2025, by the Appellate Division Accordingly, a waiver requires no more than the voluntary and intentional abandonment of a known right Generally, the existence of an intent to forgo such a right is a question of fact. until January 2020 did not constitute a clear manifestation of intent to relinquish a contractual right

  • The Right to Seek Dissolution by The Estate of a Deceased Member

    unavailing”.[4] Under LLCL § 608, the estate of a deceased member “may exercise all of the member’s rights made it clear that the statute means what it says.[7] In Bodenchak, the Court held that “Decedent’s right “also unavailing”, petitioner, as executor of Frank’s estate, had the authority to exercise Frank’s rights [10] Takeaway In Bodenchak, the First Department reaffirmed an important point under the LLCL: the right to maintain an independent cause of action for the recovery of estate property, as such a right belong

  • N.Y. Supreme Court Rules on Alleged Fraudulent Conveyance and the Attempt to Evade Creditors

    In very general terms, fraudulent conveyance statutes are designed to protect creditors from situations where a debtor transfers its assets or property to a creditor’s detriment.  , fraudulent as to both present and future creditors.” to defraud, as an “additional amount required to satisfy the creditors’ claim.” In the complaint, Sarfati asserted eight causes of action.

  • The Assignment of Litigation Rights and Champerty

    are not champertous where the intent to bring a suit is merely “incidental and contingent” to other rights “all the rights of action and claims against any other party with respect to the Securities it may have equal to the proceeds of any recovery stemming from a resolution of claims relating to the Assigned Rights of a lawsuit.’” 8 “Rather,” said the motion court, “there is a key distinction between ‘acquir a right in order to make money from litigating it and … acquir a right in order to enforce it .’” 9 The motion

  • Answering Certified Questions From the Second Circuit, NY Court Of Appeals Holds That A Judgment Debtor’s Sole Remedies Against A Judgment Creditor Whose Collection Efforts Violate Article 52 of th...

    (“Judgment Creditor 1” and “Judgment Creditor 2”, respectively, and, collectively, the “Judgment Creditors Judgment Creditor 1 served a restraining notice on Comerica Bank in Michigan.  A receiver was also appointed for judgment debtor after its other creditors brought an action for such The receiver withdrew the supreme court action and its subsequent motion to vacate Judgment Creditor , but not identical, course as with Judgment Creditor 1. 

  • Participation in Arbitration Despite Earlier Litigation Waives Right To Contest Arbitration Award

    “Nonetheless, ‘ ike contract rights generally, a right to arbitration may be modified, waived or abandoned question ... is what degree of participation by the defendant in the action will create a waiver of a right Further, “ ot every foray into the courthouse effects a waiver of the right to arbitrate.... here urgent arbitrator lacked authority to conduct the arbitration because plaintiff had previously waived the right they nevertheless attempted to vacate the arbitration award, arguing that plaintiff had waived the right

  • The Second Department Explains the Difference Between a Brokerage Agreements Granting an “Exclusive Right to Sell” and an “Exclusive Agency”

    However, a broker with an “exclusive right to sell” is entitled to a commission even if the seller “alone The Court then explained the distinction between an exclusive agency agreement and an exclusive right provided that the broker was given an “exclusive right to sell.” In one such example provided by the Court, the phrase “exclusive right to sell” was undefined and the The agreement did not clearly and expressly provide the plaintiff with the exclusive right to deal or

  • Second Department Holds that Right to File a Notice of Pendency May be Waived

    purpose of a notice of pendency is to put defendants and the world on notice of the full scope of the rights Sarang , in which the Court addressed an interesting issue – whether a party to a contract can waive the right Here, the parties agreed in a rider to the contract that "the right to file a Lis Pendens in any action

  • Second Department Holds that Defendant Waived Right to Vacate a Foreclosure Sale Not Held Within 90 Days of Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

    sale pursuant to RPAPL 1351(1), the borrower must demonstrate that the delay “prejudiced a substantial right

  • Joining Legal and Equitable Claims Waives The Right to a Trial by Jury

    Haber “The right to a trial by jury is governed by article I (§ 2) of the New York State Constitution , enacted in 1894, extended the guarantee.” 2 “This includes all matters to which a constitutional right had been extended by statute prior to 1777, as well as any matters as to which a right to trial by jury the 1894 Constitution.” 3 Article I (§ 2) of the New York State Constitution also provides that the right to a jury trial.” 4 “However, the right to a jury trial is to be determined by the facts alleged in

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