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By Richard J. Schager, Jr. | May 16, 2024
Procedures for obtaining a Preliminary Conference Order have been amended to permit lawyers to avoid the conference altogether if they meet certain criteria. Attorney Richard Schager, chair of the working groups at NYCBA and NYSBA that developed the amendments to §202.12, discusses the changes, including what prompted the proposal and what changes were made to the initial proposal in order to accommodate public comments.
11 minute read
By Riley Brennan | May 15, 2024
"If someone is at the height of a mental health crisis and truly in need of commitment and wants to have voluntary commitment, it just seems so preposterous to me that they would be expected, in connection with that, to fill out an application," Chief Justice Debra Todd said Tuesday.
6 minute read
By Mason Lawlor | May 15, 2024
Insiders of Fang Holdings ultimately forced the company to spend around $130 million in order to acquire a 35.8% minority interest in a subsidiary, China Index Holdings, despite owning it outright just a few years earlier, according to the lawsuit.
4 minute read
By Charles Toutant | May 15, 2024
It's unclear why all the lights in the area were out, but it's possible that a prior accident caused a short circuit, said plaintiffs lawyer Guillermo Gonzalez.
3 minute read
By Riley Brennan | May 14, 2024
"Regardless of the type of business at issue, if a company holds itself out to a jurisdiction's business and does regular commerce there, it has fair warning that it could be subject to suit in that location," Stranch concluded.
5 minute read
By Riley Brennan | May 14, 2024
"Regardless of the type of business at issue, if a company holds itself out to a jurisdiction's business and does regular commerce there, it has fair warning that it could be subject to suit in that location," Judge Jane B. Stranch wrote.
5 minute read
By Ira Brad Matetsky | May 14, 2024
A discussion of two recent Court of Appeals decisions interpreting the COVID-19 executive orders that tolled statutes of limitations.
11 minute read
By Riley Brennan | May 13, 2024
"Here, the communications between Ms. Carter and Wake Forest are more aptly characterized as isolated or attenuated, and are insufficient to give rise to jurisdiction," Justice Cleo E. Powell said in the May 9 opinion.
3 minute read
By Lisa Willis | May 10, 2024
The attorneys represent relatives of Ana Maria Knezevich Henao, the South Florida businesswoman who went missing in Spain in February.
4 minute read
By ALM Staff | May 9, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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