By Edward J O’Gorman and Marc H. Pillinger. On April 3, 2018, New York’s highest state court, in Rodriguez v. City of New York, 2018 NY Slip Op. 02287, held, in a 4 to 3 decision, plaintiff...
By Marc H. Pillinger. A Facebook user can no longer prevent the discovery of private postings on their Facebook page. On February, 13, the Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the threshold for...
(Left to Right, Stephanie M. Gallo, Kimberly A. Sofia, Talene D. White and Stephanie L. Goldstein) On October 4, 2017, PMT attended the Bronx County Bar Association 115th Installation of Officers...
(Left to Right, Marc H. Pillinger, Gary Kaplan, Talene D. White, Jeffrey T. Miller and Nicholas Tarallo) On September 14, 2017 PMT attended the Spencer Educational Foundation’s 2017 Gala...
By Marc Pillinger. The New York State legislature recently passed an amendment to CPLR 503(a) that makes venue proper when a case is initiated in a “county in which a substantial part of the events...
By Marc Pillinger. On June 6, 2017, the Court of Appeals in New York held that when an insurance policy states that additional insured coverage applies to bodily injury “caused, in whole or in part”...
By Marc Pillinger. Culpability is often a central issue in spoliation claims. In Sarach v M & T Bank Corp., 2016 NY Slip Op 04820 [4th Dept June 17, 2016], a recent Fourth Department case, the...