Now, the general rule is that strict compliance with contractual conditions precedent is required. The New York Court of Appeals has previously held: "Express conditions must be literally performed...

On the surface, today’s case—Bapaz NYC West St Group LLC v. Assa Properties Inc., 2026 NY Slip Op 03061 (1st Dept May 14, 2026)—appears to address a simple legal question: whether a non-party co-purchaser...

A new year offers a new opportunity to shed the old and embrace the new.

Under New York's Electronic Signatures and Records Act, a person can electronically sign many types of documents that have legal significance (Technology Law §§ 301, § 304 |– 306).

In 2024, the New York Legislature enacted Real Property Law ("RPL") § 424, which codified New York's public policy in favor of transfer-on-death deeds...

I recently had the privilege of speaking to an audience of judges of the New York Supreme Court Commercial Division at Fordham Law School's...

Not long ago, we wrote about the vital need for strict compliance with contractual options to buy or sell closely-held business equity interests.

In 2024, the Department of the Treasury (DOT) and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations establishing mandatory tax reporting...

In 2019, the New York State Legislature enacted the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act ("CLCPA"), which requires New York State to rapidly decrease...

We've written about accountant liability. We've written about bookkeeper liability. A carefully crafted complaint can state viable claims for either.

Last year, the New York Legislature (the "Legislature") enacted, and Governor Kathy Hochul signed, into law several pieces of legislation that are likely to significantly impact trusts...

Almost exactly one year ago, we wrote about the go-to line of New York case law for business divorce litigants hoping to secure injunctions: a substantial...

Suburban strip malls have been a staple of Long Island's retail identity – convenient, accessible, and often anchored by big-name national chains. But, as retail trends evolve and those anchor tenants face uncertainty...

When a petitioner offers a will for probate, and the propounded instrument's validity is contested, objectants oftentimes raise undue influence as an objection to the admission of the will to probate.

In a post I wrote about a dozen years ago, I quoted Ken Adams, blogger and author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting, who, commenting on the oft-used contract clause...

Welcome to our 18th annual edition of the Top 10 business divorce cases featured on this blog over the past year.

Choice-of-law questions in shareholder derivative lawsuits venued in New York courts involving out-of-state or international entities can be confoundingly difficult, even for appeals court judges.

Constructive trust claims regularly arise in trusts and estates litigation. Based upon a recent decision that Suffolk County Surrogate Vincent J. Messina, Jr. issued, in which the Surrogate found that a constructive...