With most employees working remotely amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of videoconferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, WebEx, GoTo, Ring, and BlueJeans in everyday business has risen dramatically. ...more
We previously advised on a proposal by the Commercial Division Advisory’s Council to once again revise the Model Preliminary Conference Order form in order to align the model form with the numerous recent changes to...more
We previously advised on proposed amendments to New York State's Commercial Division Rules regarding Memorialization of Rulings in Disclosure Conferences and Selection of a "Settlement Judge." Both proposed amendments have...more
The New York Commercial Division celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015. In the last 20 years, we have watched the creation and development of business courts or commercial courts within state-trial-court civil systems. The...more
Litigants in New York’s Commercial Division may soon be able to require written memorialization of rulings at discovery conferences if the most recent rule recommended by the Commercial Division’s Advisory Council is adopted....more
Litigants in New York’s Commercial Division who are interested in having the ability to formally request settlement conferences with a “settlement judge” other than the justice assigned to hear the case may soon be able to do...more