Schlam Stone & Dolan

U.S. Attorney For D.C. ‘Borrows’ His Predecessor’s Bar Number For Flynn Filing bit.ly/3dBUkXb

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Counterclaim Cannot Involve Time-Barred Claims as Set-off Unless It Arises From Same Transaction or Occurrence ow.ly/fUgF30qarJk

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP E-mails and Unsigned Documents Not Documentary Evidence Under CPLR 3211(a)(1) ow.ly/1iRw30qafq4

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Court Refuses to Vacate Default Judgment Despite Conclusory Assertions That Service Not Received When Defendant Admitted Being Aware of the Action ow.ly/YMls30q9YIj

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Veil Piercing Claim Rejected; Alleged Domination and Control Unrelated to Basis of Claim ow.ly/UCYQ30q94cm

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Alleged Lack of Documentary Evidence Referring to an Oral Contract Insufficient Basis for Dismissing Claim Such a Contract ow.ly/Ai0830q8Rtk

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Three Year Statute of Limitations for Professional Malpractice Cannot be Extended by Re-characterizing Claims as Contract Claims ow.ly/iSLC30q8FPa

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Fraud Claim Dismissed; Plaintiff’s Reliance on Alleged Misrepresentations was Unreasonable Due to Plaintiff’s Failure to Exercise Due Diligence ow.ly/1fml30q8nN6

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Questions of Fact Regarding Defendant’s Alleged Misconduct Precluded Dismissal Based on Construction Contract’s No Damages for Delay Clause ow.ly/3Fhc30q85BU

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP That Court Signed OSC Does Not Mean that Motion Was Not Frivolous ow.ly/MfNC30q7OjH

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Judgment Creditor Did Not Create Lien on Debtor’s Property Because Debtor’s Name Was Misspelled ow.ly/tgyM30q7wJZ

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Buyer Attorney Letter Refusing to Close on Real Estate Transaction Based on Mistaken View That Seller Had Breach Constituted Anticipatory Breach ow.ly/lG2y30q7eT9

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Foreign Judgment Takes Precedence over Settlement Agreement That the Judgment Enforced ow.ly/Buva30q6W0Y

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Defendant’s Incarceration Not Reasonable Excuse for Default When Defendant Was Represented by Counsel ow.ly/NnMR30q6Nd6

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Defendant that Engaged in Wrongdoing Not Entitled to Common Law Indemnification ow.ly/4DhK30q6zsI

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Corporate Officer May be Held Liable for Corporation’s Tort in Which the Officer Participated ow.ly/ICRI30q6hEC

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Claim for Breach of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Dismissed as Duplicative of Breach of Contract Claim ow.ly/cahn30q5TaQ

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP That Loan Was Made from the Proceeds of Illegal Gambling Does Not Make Loan Contract Unenforceable ow.ly/zL6c30q583y

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Court Analyzes Successor Liability Under the De Facto Merger Doctrine ow.ly/phH730q50JS

Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Change to Commercial Division Rules ow.ly/u65A30q4LWD