4/17/2026 5:04:30 PM New First Department Decision Limits Labor Law § 240(1) Exposure in Trench Excavations By Brian Greenfield In Veloso v. City of New York, decided April 9, 2026, the Court unanimously affirmed summary judgment dismissing the plaintiff's...
4/8/2026 3:26:31 PM First Department Reinforces Limits of Labor Law § 240(1) in Electrical Blast Ladder-Fall Case By Brian Greenfield A recent First Department decision, Arias v. Brooks Holdings Corp., decided March 26, 2026, is worth attention for anyone handling New...
4/3/2026 11:43:28 PM Second Department Decision Addresses FAA Preemption and New York Labor Law By Brian Greenfield A recent Second Department decision, Fabia v. Power Authority of the State of New York (March 18, 2026), is worth close attention for...
4/2/2026 3:34:43 PM Catastrophe Avoided—But Perils Remain: The Real Impact of the Amended AVOID Act By Adeel Jamaluddin Recently, we wrote about new legislation in New York known as the AVOID Act. At the time, the statute—as originally enacted—promised...
4/2/2026 3:27:33 PM Three Takeaways from a PFAS Litigation and Regulatory Developments Conference By Logan Nantais Recently, I attended the 2026 Perrin Conferences PFAS Litigation and Regulatory Developments Conference, where industry leaders and...
2/27/2026 9:42:59 PM First Department Clarifies Scope of Industrial Code 'Passageway' Provision By Brian Greenfield The First Department recently issued a decision worth noting for practitioners handling New York Labor Law litigation. In Lacruise v....
12/24/2025 10:07:50 PM New York Passes the "AVOID" Act to Limit Timeframe to File Third-Party Actions By Christopher Gioia Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law an amendment to New York CPLR Section 1007, which governs when third-party practice is...
12/24/2025 8:05:59 PM Don't Avoid Filing Third-Party Complaints: New Law Significantly Curtails Time Constraints on Third-Party Actions By Adeel Jamaluddin Just last week, Governor Hochul signed a bill into law amending the CPLR to add hard time constraints to filing third-party actions. This...
12/17/2025 8:13:44 PM Lawyers & AI: Structural Support for the Evolving Practice of Law By Adeel Jamaluddin There's been much published on lawyers and AI. My colleagues recently offered insights on how AI models can be applied in litigation and...
11/25/2025 10:21:36 PM No More Secrets: Case Funding is Now Fair Game in Discovery By Christopher Gioia The Appellate Division First Department, in Lituma v. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC, an unpublished decision, determined that case...
10/31/2025 9:53:24 PM Court of Appeals Practices Judicial Restraint - Reaffirms Bar on Solely Emotional Harm Recovery By Adeel Jamaluddin In San Miguel v. Grimaldi, 2025 NY Slip Op 05780, the Court of Appeals recently issued a decision likely to have a significant impact on...
10/16/2025 6:30:57 PM Stage an Accident on a Construction Site in NYS? Still NOT a Felony By Adeel Jamaluddin Fraud in the New York construction industry in the form of staged accidents, exaggerated claims, and unnecessary or excessive treatment...