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In an opinion that was handed down yesterday in the defamation case of Tener v. Cremer, New York’s Appellate Division, First Department held that the trial court erred by denying outright – without a hearing – a plaintiff’s motion seeking to hold NYU in contempt for failing to protect or produce electronically stored information (ESI) [...]
International Shoppes, Inc., et al. v. Spencer is a case from a trial court in Nassau County, NY that is scheduled to appear in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Law Journal that is the poster child – at least in my view – for litigation run amok. And, lest you think that I meant [...]
The facts of this case are rather disturbing. Worse yet, I seriously doubt the plaintiff will be able to collect on this judgment, even though he certainly deserves to recoup something. In Cantu v. Flanigan, the plaintiff was a Mexican businessman who, over several decades in the oil and other industries, had built a worldwide [...]
In Shiamili v. Real Estate Group of NY, Inc., an opinion issued by New York’s Appellate Division, First Department (which covers both New York and Bronx Counties), answered this question with an unequivocal ‘no’ – the internet services provider (or “interactive computer service) cannot be held liable for defamation (or unfair competition) unless the internet [...]
In a case that should sound a warning to ill-tempered, egomaniacal bosses everywhere, a jury recently awarded five of former Guess CEO Georges Marciano’s employees a total of $370 million on their counterclaims for intentional infliction of emotional distress, libel and defamation. The initial action, which sought monetary damages for these former employees’ alleged breach [...]
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