By Ethan W. Middlebrooks and Allen R. Wolff | May 22, 2023
Litigation following a construction project is as common as a coffee shop in Manhattan. The availability of insurance coverage can be pivotal to the defense and resolution of such lawsuits. However, insurance coverage for construction defects litigation in New York has long been clouded by misunderstandings surrounding the First Department's 1994 decision in George A. Fuller v. U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Wendy Stein Fulton and Lloyd Gura | May 22, 2023
The state's legislative response presents an interesting case study on government efforts to curb the impact of bad faith laws as a result of lessons learned from this tragedy.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jack Yoskowitz and Laura Miller | May 15, 2023
Because public relations firms are strangers to the attorney-client relationship, these communications raise important questions concerning how far the protections of the attorney-client privilege extend. As with any third party, the presence of an attorney on an e-mail chain does not necessarily shield the communication from disclosure—and in fact, the inclusion of that third party may waive privilege that would otherwise apply.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Benjamin M. Daniels, Arila Zhou and Sabrina Galli | May 15, 2023
One year into this litigation boom, plaintiffs continue to sue SPAC management, founders, and sponsors for various alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. A recent decision—Delman v. GigAcquisitions3—could accelerate that trend and portend a narrowing of available defenses.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Mark S. Sidoti and Daniel S. Weinberger | May 15, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision could have significant ramifications for ADA litigation that has been wildly proliferating in the Second Circuit and elsewhere for the past decade.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Marko R. Zoretic and Jack Hendershott | May 15, 2023
This article takes a closer look at such cases in the Northern District of Illinois, the preferred venue for the increasingly popular Schedule A design patent cases.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andrew Cohen | May 15, 2023
Case studies are rare in legal finance due to the confidential nature of transactions, but they are particularly helpful to in-house lawyers as they consider how legal finance could benefit their businesses. Burford's financing of several health insurers in the risk corridors litigation is a rare public example.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Andy Lee | May 15, 2023
Friel v. Dapper Labs is important to the NFT industry because the Securities and Exchange Commission has refrained from providing formal guidance on this very question. The procedural posture of the decision, however, including certain oddities underlying its rationale, likely limits its substantive significance.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ronald M. Feiman, Matt Dunn and Jenny Frank | May 8, 2023
This article discusses a correlate of the proposition that digital assets are investment contracts and therefore are securities, namely that pools of digital assets are investment companies as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act).
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Kritika Bharadwaj, William Roberts and Stephanie Gomes-Ganhão | May 8, 2023
At one point or another, we have all heard the warning "don't make promises you can't keep." Recent enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) demonstrate that organizations must heed this warning as they decide what confidentiality assurances they should make to consumers in their online privacy policies.
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