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      Issue Number 260

August, 2013
 

Overview of topics...

NEW LAWS: THREE CPLR AMENDMENTS

  1. In Residential Foreclosure Actions, New CPLR 3012-b Requires Lawyer's Certificate to Accompany Complaint
  2. CPLR 3103(a): Protective Order May Now Be Sought by Person "About Whom" Discovery Is Sought
  3. CPLR 4106: More Than Two Alternate Jurors to Be Allowed, and Alternates Need No Longer Be Dismissed After Case Submitted to Jury

SPECIAL NOTE:

  • Agreement to "Mediate" Dispute Can't Be Enforced; Failure of Parties to Seek Mediation Thus Does Not Bar Litigation

GENERAL PRACTICE:

  • Laches Can't Dismiss Even Dozen-Year-Old Case; CPLR 3216 Is Remedy and Failure to Pursue Its Demand Procedure Keeps Case Alive
  • Court's Finding That Sender "In Effect" Subscribed Email Suffices to Uphold Settlement
  • Complaint Can Assert Several Claims After Notice -- Used at Start -- States Only One; What Effect on Federal Removal?

 


 ARTICLE HEADLINES


Feature Article

THREE NEW CPLR AMENDMENTS

  1. CPLR 3012-b, eff. Aug. 30, 2013 In Residential Foreclosure Actions, New Statute Requires Lawyer's Certificate to Accompany Complaint
  2. CPLR 3103(a), eff. July 31, 2013 Protective Order May Now Be Sought by Person "About Whom" Discovery Is Sought
  3. CPLR 4106, eff. Jan. 1, 2014 More Than Two Alternate Jurors to Be Allowed, and Alternates Need No Longer Be Dismissed After Case Submitted to Jury


 


arrow Special Note

ARBITRATION VERSUS MEDIATION
Agreement to "Mediate" Dispute Can't Be Enforced; Failure of Parties to Seek Mediation Thus Does Not Bar Litigation

arrow General Practice Points

NEGLECT TO PROSECUTE
Laches Can't Dismiss Even Dozen-Year-Old Case; CPLR 3216 Is Remedy and Failure to Pursue Its Demand Procedure Keeps Case Aliv

 

 

EFFECT OF EMAIL
Court's Finding That Sender "In Effect" Subscribed Email Suffices to Uphold Settlement

COMMENCEMENT WITH MERE NOTICE
Complaint Can Assert Several Claims After Notice -- Used at Start -- States Only One; What Effect on Federal Removal?


         
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