By: Jeffrey Haber Under New York’s Business Corporation Law (“BCL”), the Secretary of State is designated as the “agent of every domestic corporation and every authorized foreign corporation upon whom …
By Jonathan H. Freiberger On February 16, 2022, the Appellate Division, Second Department, decided Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company v. Lee, a mortgage foreclosure action that was dismissed, …
After being served with a summons and complaint in a lawsuit, a defendant generally appears and serves an answer or makes a motion seeking to dismiss some or all of …
Every now and then a litigant or counsel fails to meet a deadline or otherwise acts in an untimely manner. Sometimes there is a reasonable excuse and sometimes there is …
