By: Jonathan H. Freiberger oday’s article is about MCLP Asset Co. v. Zaveri, an action that involves numerous areas of the law about which we frequently write — mortgage foreclosure, …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber On November 18, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) announced that, on October 16, 2025, it charged Joshua Wander (“Defendant A”), Steven Pasko (“Defendant …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In today’s article, we explore New York’s heightened pleading standard for defamation per se and defamation by implication. In Armbruster Capital Mgt., Inc. v. Barrett, 2025 N.Y. …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger On October 31, 2025, the Supreme Court, Kings County, decided loanDepot.com LLC v. Ortner, a case addressing the meaning of the “taking proceedings” requirement of CPLR …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In Sire Spirits, LLC v. Beam Suntory, Inc., 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 06297 (1st Dept. Nov. 18, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed the denial of …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In Allen v. Fidelity Brokerage Servs. LLC, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 34169(U) (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County Oct. 30, 2025), plaintiff, the representative of her son’s estate, sought …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger In today’s BLOG we will discuss Tri-Rail Designers & Builders, Inc. v. Concrete Superstructures, Inc., a case decided on November 12, 2025, by the Appellate Division, …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In today’s article, we examine Hofman v. Braun, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 34102(U) (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County Oct. 24, 2025) (here), a case addressing the statute of …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger William Cowper, in his Eighteenth-Century poem “The Task,” coined the phrase “Variety’s the very spice of life.” Today, this phrase is used in many contexts; albeit …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber Today, we examine familiar principles of contract interpretation, as well as the requirements for judicial dissolution of a partnership. The Rules of Contract Interpretation It is …
