This entire episode could have been prevented.  The most likely reason for the problem is that the landlord purchased the building at a foreclosure sale and never became aware that the prior owner had entered into a stunning stipulation.  Beyond that mere fact, it is true that ancient SRO regulations on the UWS created a…

A thorough read of the decision in Matter of Gomez  2018 NY Slip Op 32127(U)  August 6, 2018
Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County  Docket Number: 2011-365510/B Judge: Margaret C. Reilly is an eye-opener.  Look at the billings and look at the Court’s cuts.  It’s worth a complete read.

Brothers-in-law can be a problem to a successful car sales operation as is sadly set forth in Brausch v Devery  2018 NY Slip Op 31929(U) August 7, 2018  Supreme Court, Suffolk County
Docket Number: 11-28918  Judge: Denise F. Molia.  Plaintiff has a nice little used car lot and allows his brother-in-law to help him run…

We are pleased to report that the Law Office of Andrew Lavoott Bluestone has been selected once again for Best Lawyers in America – 2019 for Legal Malpractice.

Well, not for simply hiring an e-Discovery company, but for hiring a pet e-Discovery company which egregiously overbilled might lead to liability for the law firm.  We look at FTI Consulting, Inc. v CT Miami, LLC  2018 NY Slip Op 31923(U)  August 6, 2018  Supreme Court, New York County
Docket Number: 654062/2016  Judge: Melissa A.…

There are very few successful Judiciary Law § 487 cases.  Courts stretch and bend to find a way around what appears to be actual deceit by attorneys.  Take Matneja v Zito  2018 NY Slip Op 05298  Decided on July 18, 2018  Appellate Division, Second Department as an example.  Here it is alleged that a law…

It is even harder to bring a successful legal malpractice case against the divorce attorney when the matter was settled.  Holtzman v Griffith  2018 NY Slip Op 04540  Decided on June 20, 2018
Appellate Division, Second Department, aside from its lesson on “account stated” tells us that a legal malpractice claim from a settled divorce…

King Tower Realty Corp. v G & G Funding Corp.  2018 NY Slip Op 05027  Decided on July 5, 2018  Appellate Division, Second Department illustrates the power of the statute of limitations.  While plaintiff may succeed in Supreme Court, many such decisions are reversed in the AD.  This is one.

“The plaintiff commenced this action…