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25 Jan 2011, 8:11 am by Legal Profession
The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed an order quashing a subpoena in a legal malpractice case against the plaintiff's former criminal defense attorney. [read post]
18 Apr 2011, 2:03 pm by Dwight Sullivan
A filing submitted by the Air Force’s appellate government division today includes this interesting news:  “The undersigned counsel recently completed the Supreme Court petition in United States v. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 3:57 am
Alcoholism as a defense in a disciplinary actionMurolo v Safir, Appellate Division, 246 A.D.2d 653, Leave to appeal denied, 91 N.Y.2d 813In McEniry v Landi, 84 NY2d 554, the Court of Appeals said that alcoholism qualifies as a disability within the meaning of the State’s Human Rights Law [Section 292.21, Executive Law]. [read post]
14 Mar 2022, 4:51 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
Switching it all around, in Blank v Petrosyants  2022 NY Slip Op 01283 Decided on March 2, 2022 , the Appellate Division, Second Department reinstated the legal malpractice claims and dismissed the Breach of Contract claims, aligning the case structure to what is most often left after a CPLR 3211 motion:  a good legal malpractice claim and a dismissed breach of contract claim. [read post]
13 Dec 2011, 6:03 pm
 In the opinion of the Appellate Division, First Department, the answer is YES, it is precluded from asserting the fee schedule defense. [read post]
22 May 2021, 12:04 pm by admin
” The Appellate Division observed that the EPA not provide any scientific support for its assessment. [read post]
23 Nov 2020, 7:29 am by Legal Profession Prof
The New Jersey Appellate Division has held that attached funds should not be released to finance the defense of subject of the attachment In this interlocutory appeal, we consider whether or to what extent defense counsel in a civil action... [read post]
8 May 2011, 5:40 pm by Legal Profession
The New Jersey Appellate Division has held that a defense attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by undercutting the defendant's efforts to withdraw a previously offered guilty plea: ...in the present case the trial judge placed great reliance on his... [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 5:26 am by Legal Profession
The New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department has reversed a defendant's favorable verdict in a medical malpractice case. [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 6:10 am by Legal Profession Prof
The statute of limitations ran on a legal malpractice plaintiff, according to a decision of the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department. ...contrary to the plaintiff's contention, the defendant did not waive its statute of limitations defense,... [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 5:35 am by Legal Profession Prof
A six-month suspension has been ordered by the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department In or about April 2019, respondent, a sole practitioner whose practice focuses on criminal defense, was representing a client who was incarcerated and... [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 6:01 am by Legal Profession Prof
The New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department affirmed the denial of a motion to dismiss a legal malpractice claim that posed the following issue The remarkable defense proffered in this professional malpractice action is that an attorney... [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 6:01 am by Legal Profession
A criminal conviction was reversed by the New York Appellate Division for the First Judicial Department because an associate of the defense attorney was barred from entering the courtroom during the testimony of an undercover police officer. [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 7:02 am by The Public Employment Law Press
Recent ruling by the Appellate Division concerning alleged unlawful discriminationBrowne v Board of Educ, 2014 NY Slip Op 07465, Appellate Division, Second DepartmentMatter of Katz (Commissioner of Labor), 2014 NY Slip Op 07556, Appellate Division, Third DepartmentThe Browne decision:This decision by the Appellate Division illustrates the shifting of a party’s “burden of going forward” in litigating a complaint… [read post]