This article reviews New York CPLR rules on pleadings, emphasizing they should be flexible but specific enough to give notice. CPLR 3025(c) allows amendments to match evidence at any time, but late or ...

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This article is part two in a series explaining the fundamentals of Commercial Division practice. It addresses the first steps taken when litigating in the Commercial Division, including preparation ...

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For nearly a decade, complaints in almost all civil suits have been examined under the “plausibility standard” introduced by the Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and reiterated two ...

Mr S.O. Giwa argues that the principle of law that declaratory reliefs cannot be granted on admission is only applicable and relevant where either of the parties makes a factual admission in their ...