Rotonde v Stewart Title Ins. Co. 2025 NY Slip Op 50728(U) Decided on May 6, 2025 Supreme Court, Westchester County Jamieson, J. is interesting as it deals with real estate fraud, and legal malpractice, although not regarding this particular dependent.
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Advertising Mentioning a Business’s Proximity to New York Insufficient to Create Personal Jurisdiction in New York
By John Lundin
On February 7, 2025, Justice Jamieson of the Westchester County Commercial Division issued a decision in Pepsico, Inc. v. Crystal Springs Resorts/Minerals Hotel, 2025 NY Slip Op. 50515(U), holding that advertising mentioning a business’s proximity to New York was…
Most Challenges to Law Protecting Access to Abortion Clinics Are Rejected; One Section Violates 1st and 14th Amendments
In Hulinsky v. County of Westchester, (SD NY, March 14,2025), two women who have engaged in sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics challenged a Westchester County, New York, law that was designed to assure safe access to reproductive health care…
Ex Parte Contact Draws Admonishment
The New York Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished a Supreme Court justiceRespondent, Lewis J. Lubell, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, was served with a Formal Written Complaint (“Complaint”) dated August 27, 2024 containing one charge. Charge…
Contribution, Yes. Indemnification, No. Successor Counsel Liability, Not Mentioned
Braig v Baker 2024 NY Slip Op 51438(U) Decided on October 22, 2024 Supreme Court, Westchester County Giacomo, J. is an interesting case in which a $ 1M + settlement was obtained, but two sets of attorneys shied away…
Partner Ron Franklin Honored at Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westchester’s House Party Celebration
By Wendy Dessy
On October 22, Proskauer partner Ron Franklin was honored at the Habitat for Humanity of New York City and Westchester County’s 40th anniversary celebration. Ron, a Habitat Board member, is co-head of the Firm’s Finance Group and leads the Fund Finance…
A Pro Se Claim Falters on Voluntary Settlement
Getty v Schiavetta 2024 NY Slip Op 50697(U) [83 Misc 3d 1212(A)] Decided on May 18, 2024 Supreme Court, Westchester County Ondrovic, J. is a claim of legal malpractice and violation of Judiciary Law 487. Portions of the case were…
Leaf Blower Fight Roils Greenwich, Conn., Home to World s Most Perfect Lawns – WSJ
Svetlana Wasserman, a 53-year-old former management consultant, moved from a nearby town in Westchester County, N.Y., for a home with a bigger yard in 2019. One of the first things that jumped out at me when I moved here, despite…
Napoli Shkolnik Nursing Home Team Defeats 2nd EDTPA Dismissal Attempt by a Westchester Nursing Home
The Napoli Shkolnik Nursing Home Litigation/Covid-19 Team successfully defeated the second attempt by a major Westchester County nursing home to have a case dismissed under the now repealed EDTPA (Immunity Law) and Federal PREP Act. The Nursing Home is represented…
2nd Circuit Rejects Challenge to Abortion Clinic Bubble Zone Law
In Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, (2d Cir., June 21, 2023), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that plaintiff, who the court describes as “an aspiring pro-life sidewalk counselor who wishes to approach women entering abortion clinics…