Anti-Assignment Clauses Void Unauthorized Transfers Beyond Payment Rights and Bar Pro Se Assignees From Suing on Corporate Contracts Introduction Staubs v State of New York (2026 NY Slip Op 04804 [3d...
People v. Barber: Miranda Custody in Prison When Officers Impose “Added Restraint” (Frisk Room/Keep-Lock Questioning) 1. Introduction People v Barber (2026 NY Slip Op 04796 [3d Dept July 30, 2026])...
NYCHHC Employees Must Prove General Municipal Law § 50-k(4) Compliance Before Winning Notice-of-Claim Dismissal Introduction Williams v Biggs (2026 NY Slip Op 04791 [2d Dept July 29, 2026]) arises...
Reasoned Commercial-Corridor Zoning Exceptions for Cannabis Disensaries Satisfy Town Law § 262 Uniformity; Preemption Challenges Are Academic Absent Entitlement 1. Introduction Matter of Tink & E....
Matter of Cela: Federal Marijuana Distribution Felony Warrants Three-Year Attorney Suspension Under “Serious Crime” Discipline Framework 1. Introduction Matter of Cela (2026 NY Slip Op 04766) is an...
Termination for Failure to Provide a Return-to-Work Date Defeats NYSHRL/NYCHRL Pregnancy-Discrimination and Retaliation Claims on Summary Judgment 1. Introduction In Leibowitz v New York County...
Labor Law Verdict Consistency: Industrial Code Violations Without Proximate Cause Stand When Negligence and Causation Are Not “Inextricably Interwoven” 1. Introduction Gomez v City of New York (2026...
Personal-Participation Pleading Required to Sue an LLC Managing Member; Conclusory Remediation Negligence and Negligent Hiring Claims Dismissed at CPLR 3211 Stage Introduction In D & A Grandview, LLC...
Res Judicata Does Not Bar Later “Offset” Claims After a Default Judgment; CPLR 205(a) May Save Refiled Former Counterclaims Case: Vince's Pizza Plus, Inc. v. Dion DeFedericis, 2026 NY Slip Op 04598...
RPTL 497(2) Makes NYSERDA Filing Non-Precondition to Effectiveness of RPTL 487 Solar-Exemption Opt-Out Laws (and Applies Retroactively) 1. Introduction Matter of Solar Advocate Dev., LLC v Assessor...
DVSJA “Significant Contributing Factor” Requires Evidence Linking Abuse to the Criminal Act—Childhood Trauma Alone Is Insufficient 1. Introduction People v Sean S. (Appellate Division, Fourth...
People v. Kadenhead: Common-Hallway Arrests Do Not Trigger Payton, and “Last-Seen” Video Evidence Can Supply Probable Cause Despite Timestamp Error Court: Appellate Division, Fourth Department...
People v. Riley: Circumstantial Evidence and “Natural and Probable Consequences” Permit an Intent-to-Kill Inference for Accessorial Second-Degree Murder; Strategic Avoidance of Inconsistent Defenses...
BOLO Plus “Arrest Paperwork” and Victim Identification Can Supply Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause; Inventory-Search/Impoundment and Miranda Rulings Deferentially Upheld 1. Introduction In...
Ingram v Cuba Mem. Hosp., Inc.: Defendants Must Establish Each Summary-Judgment Element (Including Causation) and Cannot Win Article 28 Dismissal Where Their Own Proof Raises Fact Issues 1....
Passenger’s Justification in a Vehicle Shootout: Failure to Disprove Safe Retreat Warrants Weight-of-Evidence Reversal of Second-Degree Manslaughter (People v Major) 1. Introduction In People v Major...
Invalid Appeal Waiver Does Not Bar Suppression Review; De Bour Escalation Upheld Based on Dispatch/Order-of-Protection Information and Traffic-Violation Probable Cause 1. Introduction In People v...
Irrelevant Evidence Before the Grand Jury Does Not Automatically Defect the Indictment Absent Pervasive, Willful Prosecutorial Misconduct Case: People v. Stencel, 2026 NY Slip Op 04574 (App Div, 4th...
People v. Hurst: Brief Prior Acquaintance Defeats “Confirmatory” Identification; CPL 710.30 Non-Notice Requires Preclusion and Can Bar Harmless-Error Affirmance on Intent-Dependent Counts 1....
Selective-Enforcement Equal Protection Claims Remain Viable for Public Employees After Engquist (Fourth Department) Case: Montegari v Miller, 2026 NY Slip Op 04696 (App Div, 4th Dept July 24, 2026)...