”The October 27, 2016 Opinion In an October 27, 2016 opinion written by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore for a 5-2 majority, the Court of Appeals affirmed the lower courts’ rulings, holding that Justinian’s purchase of the securities violated New York’s statutory prohibition on champerty, and that the transaction did not come within the statute’s safe harbor provisions. [read post]

  Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore, President of the New York State District Attorneys' Association, said, "We live in a technological age and with the expansion of New York State's DNA Databank, we are capitalizing on the power of DNA as a crime fighting tool. [read post]

In a unanimous opinion authored by Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, the New York Court of Appeals has now rejected the "factual predicate" requirement for obtaining non-public Facebook content of a personal injury plaintiff, returning New York courts to New York's traditional CPLR 3101-based rule of discovery in social media content discovery disputes:A party seeking discovery must satisfy the threshold requirement that the request is reasonably calculated to yield… [read post]