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By Christopher Gioia The Appellate Division First Department, in Lituma v. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC, an unpublished decision, determined that case...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...
10/30/2025 4:56:48 PM Trust, But Verify: Practical Use of AI in a Transactional Legal Practice By Breane Stryker The dramatic increase in the use of AI by lawyers and pro se parties in a litigation context, along with the risks that can arise from...
10/27/2025 8:00:39 PM Changes in the Legal Profession - Reflecting on Ropers' 75 Years By Adeel Jamaluddin The firm turns 75 this year. This got me thinking: what's changed in the legal profession in three-quarters of a century? Of course, I...
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...
10/13/2025 3:46:07 PM The Rise of AI-Assisted Litigation By Eric Kim As AI programs such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity Pro become more accessible to the public, the use of these tools in the legal...
10/10/2025 7:03:29 PM Appellate Division and Court of Appeals - Conflict? By Adeel Jamaluddin The Appellate Division, First Department, recently reaffirmed a doctrine that often gets lost in the shuffle. In Murillo v Downtown NYC...
10/9/2025 9:44:43 PM From Charts to Courtroom - When Medical Records Take the Stand - Court Clarifies Hearsay Standard for Medical Records By Christopher Gioia Seven decades ago, the Court of Appeals determined that statements contained in medical records are admissible as business records, an...
9/19/2025 2:30:04 PM Gabapentin, Cognitive Decline, and Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries, Oh My! By Brian Taylor How many cases have you come across with low back pain being treated with Gabapentin? How many of these cases have claims of mild TBI or...