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...
4/10/2026 4:33:04 PM Recent First Department Decision: Storm-in-Progress Doctrine Reaffirmed in Interior Slip-and-Fall Context By Brian Greenfield In Alvizurez v. North State Realty Associates LLC, the First Department reversed two Bronx County orders and granted summary judgment to...
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 At the time, the statute—as originally enacted—promised...
3/12/2026 7:58:57 PM Special Employment and Workers' Compensation Exclusivity in Payroll Service Arrangements By Brian Greenfield The Appellate Division, Second Department, recently issued a significant decision addressing special employment and Workers' Compensation...
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....
1/29/2026 3:23:59 PM Greater New York Mutual Co. Files Suit Against Subin By Christopher Gioia In a complaint filed on January 27, 2026, Greater New York Mutual Co. (GNY) alleges a civil RICO scheme arising out of the legal...
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...