• August 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    Shareholder Inspections of Corporate Books and Records

    "The right to shareholder inspection of a company's books and records can be a powerful tool for minority shareholders to assess the financial state of the company and to investigate suspected misconduct," write Thomas J. Hall and Judith A. Archer.

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  • NYS Thruway Auth. v. CHA Consulting Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-03
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction | Consulting
    Court: Supreme Court, Albany
    Judge: Justice Richard Platkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for New York State Thruway Authority: Denis R. Hurley, Jr., of counsel, Letitia James, Attorney General, The Capitol, Albany, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for CHA Consulting Inc.: Thomas B. Cronmiller, David M. Cost and John P. Gaughan, of counsel, Barclay Damon LLP, Albany, New York. Attorneys for Kandey Company, Inc.: Joseph J. Manna and Robert M. Corp, of counsel, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria, LLP, Buffalo, New York. Attorneys for Vergnet S.A., a/k/a Vergnet SA, Vergnet Eolien and Vergnet Groupe: Ryan T. Donovan, of counsel, Harris, Conway & Donovan, PLLC, Albany, New York. Attorneys for Vergnet S.A., a/k/a Vergnet SA, Vergnet Eolien and Vergnet Groupe: Chris Paparella and Justin Ben-Asher, of counsel, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for Prudent Engineering, LLP: Stephen A. Davoli, of counsel, Sugarman Law Firm, LLP, Syracuse, New York. Attorneys for Ravi Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C.: Michael A. Damia, of counsel, Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester, New York.

    Case Number: 900064-18

    Breach of Express Warranty Claim Is Precluded by Warranty Exclusion

  • Contractors Comp. Trust v $49.99 Sewer Man Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-09
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Albany
    Judge: Justice Richard Platkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff: Thomas J. Higgs, of counsel, Troy, New York.
    for defendant: Self-Represented Defendant: Allen W. Potts, Pattersonville, New York. Self-Represented Defendant: Dale B. Stuhlmiller, Erie, Pennsylvania. Self-Represented Defendant: Joanne DeVivo, Saratoga Springs, New York. Attorneys for Defendants Stephanie Doerner, Tyteffco Industries, Inc. d/b/a Service Master Commercial Cleaning and Warren A. Hookway III: Mallory K. Smith and Langston D. McFadden, of counsel, Pullano & Farrow, Rochester, New York.

    Case Number: 908373-19

    Trust Fails to Show Service on Corporate Defendants Made Via Authorized Manner

  • March 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

    Understanding Law Firm Goodwill

    Law Firm Partnership Law columnist Arthur J. Ciampi writes that determining whether a law firm has the intangible asset of goodwill is often illusive and can be the subject of concern and even dispu

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  • January 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Social Workers in 'Torturous' Case Are Ruled Immune From Lawsuit

    ALBANY - Although finding that county social services workers may have violated the constitutional rights of a man by blocking him for years from gaining custody of his son, an upstate a

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  • January 20, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    N.Y. Comptroller Cleared to Audit Charter Schools, Court Says

    ALBANY - An appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a law opening up the books of charter schools to the state comptroller. An Appellate Division, Third Departmen

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