RPAPL 1951: Waiver/Nonenforcement Can Extinguish an Access Covenant While Other Use-and-Design Covenants Remain Enforceable 1. Introduction Case: Shmeria, LLC v Sea Gate Assn., 2026 NY Slip Op 02862...
FAPA Bars CPLR 205 Savings After CPLR 3215(c) Abandonment in Foreclosure Actions 1. Introduction In Surya Capital 11 N. Elliot Place Holdings, LLC v Royal Gardens 641, LLC (2026 NY Slip Op 02863),...
Equitable Lien/Equitable Mortgage Claims Accrue No Later Than Recording of the Instrument Creating (or Publicly Revealing) the Defect, and Are Barred After Six Years 1. Introduction Citibank, N.A. v...
Documented “Actually Incurred” Foreclosure Attorneys’ Fees Must Be Awarded in a Reasonable Amount—Arbitrary Reductions Are an Improvident Exercise of Discretion 1. Introduction Case: JPMorgan Chase...
“Direct Physical Loss or Damage” Requires Material Alteration or Complete, Persistent Dispossession; Pre-Answer Dismissal Motions in Declaratory Actions May Be Converted to Declarations for...
People v Persaud: Discretionary Reduction of Statutory-Maximum PRS Despite a Plea Bargain; Invalid Appeal Waiver When Court Demands Waiver Without Stated Reason Introduction In People v Persaud (2026...
Foreclosure Against Heirs Is Not a Jurisdictional Nullity, but Unexplained Prosecution Delay Can Equitably Toll Mortgage Interest 1. Introduction Case: Citizens Bank, N.A. v. Abrams, 2026 NY Slip Op...
Implied Covenant Limits in “Right to Bid” Clauses and Strict Statute-of-Frauds Treatment of Ancillary Oral Leasing Promises I. Introduction In Dimas Tower, Inc. v North Shore Towers Apts. Inc. (2026...
No-Fault “Basic Economic Loss” Bars Inter-Covered-Person Recovery of the First $50,000 in Lost Earnings and Requires Post-Verdict Reduction Under CPLR 4404(a) Case: Kleiber v Fichtel, 2026 NY Slip Op...
Discrete, Untimely Employment Acts Are Not Revived by the Continuing Violation Doctrine Under the Pre-Amendment One-Year SDHR Limitations Period 1. Introduction Sekul v New York State Div. of Human...
Fraud-Duplicative Pleading Bar, Sponsor-Board Fiduciary Exposure, and Revived Fraudulent-Conveyance Claims for Condo Boards Case: Board of Mgrs. of the 51 Jay St. Condominium v 201 Water St., LLC,...
So-Ordered Appellate Stipulations Moot Waived Divorce-Finance Issues, While Trust Transfers and Commingling Transmute Separate Property Into Marital Property 1. Introduction Borzilleri v Borzilleri...
No Summary Judgment on Defense-Cost Indemnity Where Causation Is Unknown (Even After Owner/GC Win Dismissal) 1. Introduction Talasazan v 4Matic Constr. Corp. (2026 NY Slip Op 02864 [249 AD3d 786] [2d...
Uncodified and Ambiguous Civil Service Exam Phone Rules Cannot Rationally Support Score Nullification; “Final” Agency Language May Excuse Further Exhaustion I. Introduction Matter of Bifulco v City...
Brief Neighbor Relationship with Prosecutor Does Not Create Implied Juror Bias Under CPL 270.20(1)(c) Case: People v. McCullough, 2026 NY Slip Op 02753 (App. Div., 4th Dep’t May 1, 2026) Court:...
Strict Jurisdictional Compliance with Judiciary Law § 756 for Civil Contempt in Family Court Custody Proceedings 1. Introduction Matter of Werner v Kenney (2026 NY Slip Op 02754 [4th Dept May 1,...
Infancy Toll Extends the Deadline to Move for Late Notice of Claim Against School Districts; Actual Knowledge Supports Nunc Pro Tunc Service for Student-Bullying Negligence Claims Case: Jarrod W.S. v...
Unenforceable Surrogacy Agreements Require a Best-Interests Hearing in Article 5-C Parentage Determinations 1. Introduction Matter: Matter of Baby A. (Mary B.L.--Robert A.L.) (4th Dept, May 1, 2026)....
EAJA Fees in Prison Discipline: HALT/SHU Exclusion Violations Are Not “Substantially Justified,” and Threatening Misconduct Is Not a “Special Circumstance” Bar I. Introduction Matter of Walker v...
Matter of Shara v. Van Fossen: No Collateral Estoppel Dismissal Without the PERB Record; No Individual Liability Under Civil Service Law § 75-b and No § 1983 Personal-Capacity Liability Without...