Legal Research

If you are already an online subscriber to the New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed.

http://www.nylj.com

Subscription required for online access:

Contract Law
Thursday, January 28, 2010
By Glen Banks

 "Glen Banks, a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski, discusses recent decisions of interest, one which granted a motion to compel arbitration of a claim that defendant breached a contract providing that disputes would be resolved in the courts of the State of New York, and another granting summary judgment dismissing a claim for breach of an alleged oral contract ruling that the parties never reached a binding agreement and, even if they had, the e-mails between the parties failed to satisfy the Statute of Frauds."

New York Practice
Thursday, January 28, 2010
By Patrick M. Connors

" Patrick M. Connors, a professor of law at Albany Law School, writes that there can be no remaining doubt that new legislation leaves the health insurer out in the cold after a settlement."

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

Next Steps and Defenses Following 'Roberts' Decision
Thursday, January 28, 2010
By David J. Pfeffer and Abraham Gdanski

"David J. Pfeffer, a partner at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin, and Abraham Gdanski, an associate at the firm, write: Delivering a crushing blow to an already distressed real estate market, New York's highest Court recently issued a landmark decision that the owners of the massive residential complexes of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village improperly charged market-rate rents to tenants. "

CORPORATE UPADATE:

Free With Registration: Corporate Governance
Thursday, January 28, 2010
By David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh

"David A. Katz, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Laura A. McIntosh, a consulting attorney for the firm, review In re the Dow Chemical Company Derivative Litigation, where the Delaware Chancery Court recently issued a resounding affirmation of the business judgment rule, rejecting the plaintiffs' theory that a decision affecting the future of the company as a going concern - a 'bet-the-company' transaction - should be subject to heightened inquiry."