Case Reviews

Last month we addressed the transformation of a criminal court plea or guilty verdict into civil court liability, relying upon collateral estoppel.  This month we take a step back.  Assume that the...

Many initial pleadings in the Commercial Division are accompanied by an Order to Show Cause seeking to enjoin something, by virtue of an application for a preliminary injunction and, possibly, a...

With the real estate sale and rental season well underway, and the brokerage community ecstatic to entertain any semblance of business after the drought that has plagued the industry for the past...

This month we review two recent decisions concerning commercial issues which touch the aviation industry.  In Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. v. U.S. Airways, Inc., 2012 WL 3288834 (1st Dep’t...

A Protective Order is standard fare in commercial litigation.  Those matters which assert the theft of trade secrets or a breach of a non-compete agreement will often permit an “Attorneys’ Eyes...

This Column has previous addressed the basis for an Article 62 attachment in the context of a foreign confession of judgment pursuant to CPLR 6201(5).   In that scenario, by the time that New York...