24 Aug, 2023 There Can Be Only One - Sole Proximate Cause: What is it, and can it help the defense? By Adeel Jamaluddin The Appellate Division, Second Department, in Iannaccone v United Natural Foods, Inc., 2023 NY Slip Op 04372, in a decision published...
15 Aug, 2023 Appellate Division addresses Repair v. Routine Maintenance By Adeel Jamaluddin The Appellate Division, First Department, in Manfredonia v 750 Astor LLC, 217 AD3d 573, (1st Dept. 2023), published in June, affirmed the...
02 Aug, 2023 Appellate Division Addresses the Scope of Expert Discovery By Adeel Jamaluddin The Appellate Division, First Department, in Almonte v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y., Inc., 2023 NY Slip Op 02935, reversed the lower...
27 Jul, 2023 “Slipped” v “Tripped”: Plaintiff's Labor Law Section 241(6) Cause of Action’s Dismissal Affirmed By Adeel Jamaluddin The Appellate Division, Second Department, in Dyszkiewicz v City of New York, 2023 NY Slip Op 03769, recently affirmed the dismissal of...
27 Jul, 2023 Crane Collapse A Good Reminder to Conduct Proper Job Hazard Analyses (JHA) By Billy Kim A construction crane on the 45th floor of a Midtown Manhattan building burst into flames, causing it to collapse and come crashing down...
20 Jul, 2023 Can AI help companies identify and protect their trade secrets? By Lacey Rice "Dave, I don't know how else to put this, but it just happens to be an unalterable fact that I am incapable of being wrong." – HAL 9000,...
19 Jul, 2023 Six Things Companies Can Learn from the Denial of the Preliminary Injunction Against Microsoft in its $69 billion Acquisition of Activision By Paula Nystrom On July 10, 2023, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied the Federal Trade Commission's ("FTC")...
18 Jul, 2023 Challenging Board's "Woke" Decision Making? By Lacey Rice Are there any situations where a plaintiff might successfully challenge a board's "woke" decision-making? This article says no. Others...