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May 27, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
In Cerniglia v. Church of the Holy Name of Mary, decided on April 20, the Second Department confronted an argument about the scope of New York's "stranger to the deed" rule.
May 27, 2010Stewart E. Sterk'Intimate Relationship' Gives Family Court Jurisdiction over Birth Mother In a case involving a birth mother who allegedly went too far in trying to get her children back from their adoptive mother, Nassau Family Court Judge Julianne S. Eisman determined that Family Court had jurisdiction over the birth mother because her threatening actions constituted a "family offense." M.F. v. K.G. (Family Court, Nassau Cty. 4/1/10) (Eisman, J.). …
May 27, 2010ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |In last month's issue, we discussed a decision in in which a Supreme Court judge in Manhattan dismissed a divorced man's suit to recover from his ex-wife half of what he lost by taking investments in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme in their divorce settlement. The discussion concludes herein.
May 27, 2010Elliott ScheinbergIn two recent Second Department cases decided within 30 days of each other, the facts appear similar, yet one case gets the law right, the other gets it completely wrong. While bad law was corrected by the former, it was perpetuated by the latter.
May 27, 2010Lee RosenbergThe Eleventh Circuit case In re Delco Oil, Inc. (Marathon Petroleum Co., LLC v. Cohen), serves as an important reminder for suppliers to monitor a customer's bankruptcy filing and to confirm the rules for doing business before delivering goods to a debtor.
May 27, 2010Ann Marie Uetz and Jennifer HayesThe public outcry driving financial reform may unwittingly create risk retention levels in securitization transactions that will ultimately affect main street's credit costs and severely limit access to credit.
May 27, 2010David Galainena, Patrick Hardiman, Ronald Jacobson and Michael Mullins