By: Jeffrey M. Haber In DirecTV, LLC v. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 04225 (1st Dept. Aug. 15, 2024) (here), the Appellate Division, First Department considered the viability …
By Jeffrey M. Haber A confession of judgment is an agreement whereby a defendant or debtor agrees to the entry of judgment against him/her in an amount certain. It is a …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber Under New York law, an action based upon fraud must be commenced within six years of the date the cause of action accrued, or within two years …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In New York, “a valid release constitutes a complete bar to an action on a claim which is the subject of the release.”[1] If “the language of …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In Gold v. Rothfeld, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 05006 (2d Dept. Oct. 4, 2023) (here), the Appellate Division, Second Department affirmed the dismissal of a fraud …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In 1990, Congress created the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program (“EB-5 Program”) to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber Under the law, the perpetration of a fraud can be the great equalizer between winning and losing a case. For example, a court may relieve a …
By: Jeffrey M. Haber Since inception of this Blog, we have written about many types of fraud, such as affinity fraud, common law fraud, fraud in the inducement, fraudulent concealment, and …
This Blog frequently highlights cases analyzing the viability of fraud claims when contract claims are also made. See, e.g., [here], [here], [here], [here], [here], [here]. In Michael Davis Construction, Inc. …
