The Aug. 15, 2006, decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in White Plains Coat & Apron Co., Inc. v. Cintas Corp.1 certified to the New York state Court of Appeals a question which has been unresolved for commercial practitioners: specifically, whether a generalized interest in soliciting business for profit constitutes [...]

Espionage. Surreptitious moles. Clandestine meetings in Saint Tropez and New York. Is this the latest John Grisham novel? A new reality show? No!

The foregoing sets the scene for a recent decision in the Commercial Division, by Justice Charles Edward Ramos, resolving a prediscovery motion to dismiss allegations of corporate espionage, including the intentional placement of [...]

On Nov. 28, an Upper West Side resident plummeted 15 stories down an elevator shaft to his death after departing a freight elevator cab which had stalled between floors.1 The Thanksgiving weekend tragedy provides a startling reminder of the potentially deadly consequences that can arise when a passenger leaves a stalled elevator.

To prepare for the [...]

The Court of Appeals decision last month in Egan v. A.J. Construction
Corp., et al.1 highlights a distinction in the treatment of elevator passengers who
jump from a stalled elevator: specifically whether, for the purpose of determining
superseding intervening cause in a negligence case, the plaintiff has specialized knowledge of the elevator by virtue of his employment.

In the [...]