Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. has been indicted on new charges that he made false statements to federal agencies.
CORPORATIONS - Goldwater v. Silberkleit
(N.Y. Sup. Ct., New York County) - An Archie Comics Publications director is seeking the removal of co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit, alleging she has created a pervasive, hostile work environment that is putting the company at serious risk for costly litigation.
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - Gyani v. Great Neck Medical Group
(N.Y. Sup Ct., Nassau County) - The attorney for a hospital facing a medical malpractice lawsuit can be served with a trial subpoena for a co-defendant doctor who no longer resides in New York state, Justice Arthur M. Diamond has ruled.
PERSONAL INJURY - Calcano v. Rodriguez
(N.Y. App. Div., 1st Dept.) - A plaintiff in a automobile accident case was not entitled to summary judgment despite uncontroverted evidence that the defendant made an illegal U-turn because triable issues remain as to the plaintiff’s own negligence and share of culpability, the First Department has ruled.
A New York appeals court said that insurance companies must immediately notify their customers when they are denying a claim based on lateness.
Yuan Li said she downloaded information through an internal Sanofi datatbase and made the information available for sale through a Chinese company.
The 66-page filing submitted in federal court in New York accuses Taymor of jeopardizing the production by not caring about ticket sales.
Protesters have been denied a permit to hold a rally in front of the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan as part of the nation-wide "Occupy the Courts" protests planned for Jan. 20.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo praised the Office of Court Administration's proposal to cut $19 million, saying the plan could "make the court system work better and smarter."
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu claims that the advice provided was based on keeping a pension plan funded, resulting in big tax liabilities.
A federal judge has ruled that the a suit can move forward against the Boston-based law firm which is defending its handling of patent applications for a major New York research facility.
The cross-examination of Lee Holzman was barely half an hour old, and the judge and Brenda Correa, a lawyer for the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, were already at odds.
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