In business, relationships are important. One relationship that is essential to successful businesses is the principal-agent relationship. A principal-agent relationship may be established by evidence of the consent of one …
On July 10, 2017, new Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules went into effect that permit companies, regardless of their size, to file paperwork for initial public offerings without immediately …
Notice and reporting requirements in public contracts are common in public works projects. They provide public agencies with timely notice of deviations from budgeted expenditures or of any supposed malfeasance, …
It is well settled that “[e]very contract imposes upon each party a duty of good faith and fair dealing in its performance and its enforcement.” Restatement (Second) of Contracts § …
Prejudgment attachment is a provisional remedy that provides a plaintiff with a statutory mechanism by which he/she can secure a defendant’s assets during the pendency of a lawsuit. In effect, …
No one likes to read fine print or lengthy agreements. Anyone buying insurance, for example, knows this to be so. In fact, a 2016 car insurance TV commercial by Liberty …
Earlier this month, Judge Richard J. Sullivan of the Southern District of New York dismissed a federal claim at the plaintiffs’ request, despite the defendants’ argument that the plaintiffs were …
Although courts will pierce the corporate veil “to prevent fraud or achieve equity,” Morris v. N.Y. State Department of Taxation & Finance, 82 N.Y.2d 135, 140 (1993) (quoting Int’l Aircraft …
Since the early 1900s, tortious interference with contractual relations has been a viable cause of action in New York. E.g., S.C. Posner Co. v. Jackson, 223 N.Y. 325, 332 (1918); …
The New York Statute of Frauds provides that “[a] contract for the . . . the sale, of any real property, or an interest therein, is void unless the contract …
