Recently, the First Department issued a terse decision in which it reversed a lower court ruling requiring the production of documents claimed to be protected by the attorney-client privilege under …
There are times when a party to a contract wants to be excused from the obligations set forth in their agreement. Under New York, the circumstances under which a court …
Prosecuting a mortgage foreclosure action in New York can be an arduous and time-consuming process. This is particularly so for residential mortgage foreclosures since the promulgation of a host of …
Last month, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) announced that it had paid whistleblowers more than $45 million in awards. In one case, the CFTC awarded approximately …
Fraud Claim Dismissed on Statute of Limitations Grounds: Plaintiff Unable to Use The Discovery Rule to Save His Claims Under New York law, an action based upon fraud must be …
Over the past year, the Centers for Disease Control and its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), made several decisions that undermined the rights of whistleblowers. …
In the first six months of 2018, securities class action lawsuits were filed at “near record levels,” according to Cornerstone Research (“Cornerstone”). In a July 25, 2018 report, entitled “Securities …
It has long been the policy in New York to favor and encourage arbitration as a means of resolving disputes and conserving judicial resources. Rio Algom Inc. v. Sammi Steel …
Former Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) (NASDAQ: TSLA) employee, Martin Tripp (“Tripp”), has been sued in Nevada federal court by the car behemoth for allegedly hacking into the company’s manufacturing system and …
The elements of a common law fraud claim in New York are well known to readers of this Blog: “a misrepresentation or a material omission of fact which was false …
