Litigation

The state legislature has directed the courts to flag misdemeanor convictions involving domestic violence, the latest among several kinds of data legislators demand from the judiciary.

Several decisions of note.

In Assured Guaranty Ltd v. J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc., a unanimous Court of Appeals held that the Martin Act, New York's "blue sky" law, does not pre-empt common law claims for breach of fiduciary and gross negligence.

An in-depth look at an important key ruling.

An item of interest.

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Physicians who have treated a plaintiff before ' during or after the treatment at issue ' often have a unique perspective that can be helpful at trial to the finder of fact. How can such physicians be identified, interviewed, and brought to the assistance of the litigants in their search for the truth?

Recent rulings of interest.