By: Jeffrey M. Haber In Southgate Owners Corp. v. Esposito, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 32750(U) (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County July 24, 2025) (here), plaintiff sued defendant, a shareholder in its cooperative …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger Folks buy insurance to minimize loss in the event of occurrences that may cause injury to individuals or property. I would venture to say that most …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In today’s fraud notes, we examine two cases: K.M. v. Ursuline School of New Rochelle, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 04643 (2d Dept. Aug. 13, 2025) (here), and …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber On August 1, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced (here) that it charged a Wisconsin resident and three limited liability companies that he owns and …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger In today’s BLOG, we will address the enforcement of foreign judgments (i.e., judgments obtained outside the State of New York) in New York.[1]Simply stated, armed with …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber The Custody Rule provides that “it is a fraudulent, deceptive, or manipulative act, practice or course of business within the meaning of section 206(4) of the …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber This Blog has written frequently about the substance and scope of general releases.[1] In New York, “a valid release constitutes a complete bar to an action …
By: Jonathan H. Freiberger Today’s BLOG deals with the “Relation Back Doctrine” (the “Doctrine”)[1], which, inter alia, “allows a claim asserted against a defendant in an amended filing to relate …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber This Blog has written about Ponzi schemes on numerous occasions. A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud where returns to earlier investors are paid …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber As readers know from past articles, CPLR § 7511 (b) sets forth the statutory grounds for vacating an arbitration award.[1] Under that section, a court may vacate …
