Remote Work Sufficed to Invoke Personal Jurisdiction
- Nov 18 2024
By: Jeffrey M. Haber One of the many changes that the Covid 19 pandemic brought to the workplace was remote employment for employees and consultants alike. When consultants from a …
Category: Personal Jurisdiction
A Primer on The Components of Personal Jurisdiction
- Oct 30 2024
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In Emirates Islamic Bank PJSC v. NeoPharma LLC, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 51461(U) (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County Oct. 4, 2024) (here), Justice Gerald Lebovits addressed an …
Renewal Judgments Under CPLR 5014 in the Face of Defective Service of Process
- Jul 12 2024
By Jonathan H. Freiberger Today’s article relates to renewal judgments under CPLR 5014 in the face of potentially defective service of process. This BLOG has previously addressed CPLR 5014 [here]. …
THE FIRST DEPARTMENT DECIDES AN ISSUE OF FIRST IMPRESSION RELATED TO THE MAILING REQUIREMENT WHEN SERVICE OF PROCESS IN MADE PURSUANT TO CPLR 308(2)
- Jun 21 2024
By Jonathan H. Freiberger In today’s BLOG we discuss AMK Capital Corp. v. Plotch., a case decided on June 18, 2024, by the Appellate Division, First Department, that involves, inter …
Personal Jurisdiction and the Vacatur of Defaults
- May 3 2024
By Jonathan H. Freiberger There are two “components and constitutional predicates of personal jurisdiction.” Keane v. Kamin, 94 N.Y.2d 263, 265 (1999). “One component involves service of process, which implicates …
New York Court of Appeals Holds That The Doctrine of Successor Jurisdiction Applies In a Transaction That Is Less Than a Merger
- Apr 22 2024
By: Jeffrey M. Haber The doctrine of successor jurisdiction provides that when two entities merge, the successor entity inherits the merged entity’s jurisdictional status for purposes of specific jurisdiction (i.e., …
Second Department Clarifies Law on the Validity of Service of Process When The Defendant Fails to Update Address With the DMV as Required By Law and is Served at the Outdated Address
- Oct 13 2023
By Jonathan H. Freiberger As previously noted in this Blog, there are two “components and constitutional predicates of personal jurisdiction.” Keane v. Kamin, 94 N.Y.2d 263, 265 (1999). “One component …
Conspiracy Theory Jurisdiction. Who Knew?
- May 31 2023
By: Jeffrey Haber Section 3211(a)(8) of the Civil Practice Law and Rule (“CPLR”) allows a party to “move for judgment dismissing one or more causes of action asserted against him on …
Court Finds No Basis to Infer that Attorney Had Authority to Represent Party in An Action
- Apr 12 2023
By: Jeffrey M. Haber In today’s article, we address the question: When is an attorney authorized to act on behalf of a party? As one would expect, when the client …
New York Court of Appeals Addresses Specific Jurisdiction, Holding That Defendant Purposefully Availed Itself of The Protections of New York Law
- Feb 15 2023
By: Jeffrey M. Haber On February 14, 2023, the New York Court of Appeals decided State of New York v. Vayu, Inc., 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 00801 (Feb. 14, 2023) …
