When and whether tort claims impermissibly duplicate breach of contract claims is a question ubiquitous in commercial litigation in New York. A plaintiff's ability to assert a tort claim beside a ...

On 9 July 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that collateral warranties deriving from or reflective of the primary building contract, and merely promising continued construction, are not ...

Before the 2007 financial crisis, collateral management was just a simple, cash-denoted process to insure firms against the risk of default by their counterparties. But, regulatory aftershocks in the ...

Question: My former landlord assured me I would not be responsible for any disrepair at the end of my lease but this was not written in the lease. The new landlord seeks to pursue me for disrepair at ...

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