CDOLR 2020 – 2021 First Issue

CDOLR 2020 – 2021 Issue 1

CDOLR 2021-2022 Second Issue

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Ally Statement With the Black Law Students Association

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Interview with Mr. Benjamin Ackley

By Ben Weisman| Staff Writer

Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Benjamin Ackley, an associate at Pryor Cashman.

Discussion with Hon. Gretchen Walsh of the Commercial Division and Matrimonial Part of the New York State Supreme Court, Westchester County

By Evan O’Connor | Staff Writer 

Introduction

On Friday November 9, 2018, I had the pleasure of interviewing Justice Gretchen Walsh regarding her legal career and path to becoming a Judge for the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court in Westchester County

Risky Business – An Interview With Professor Steven Benjamin

By: Taryn Van Deusen| Staff Writer

INTRODUCTION

Steven Benjamin is an adjunct professor at Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University

An Interview with Bruce DePaola, Esq.

By Mikhail Stoliarov|Staff Writer

Mr. Bruce DePaola, Esq., is a partner in the Real Estate practice of Paul Hastings

MacKay v. Paesano, Index No. 68232-14, 2/6/2017 (Emerson, J.)

Motion to Dismiss; Joint Venture; Statute of Frauds; Leave to Replead

By: Kei Haneda | Staff Writer

From 2007 to 2010, Paesano and Cadan (collectively “Defendants”), allegedly failed to adhere to a series of agreements they entered into with MacKay (“Plaintiff”). Under the alleged agreements

Gowen v. Helly Nahmad Gallery, Inc., Index No. 650646/2014, 5/8/2018 (Bransten, J.)

Motion to Dismiss; Personal Jurisdiction; Alter Ego Theory; CPLR 3211(a); CPLR 4511

By: Miles Works | Staff Writer

In 1939, as the Nazis approached France, Mr. Stettiner was forced to flee his Parisian home, leaving behind a valuable painting, Seated Man with a Cane(1918). The Nazis looted and sold the painting. After Nazi artwork sales were declared null and void

New York State Workers’ Compensation Bd. v. Compensation Risk Mgrs., LLC, 12/14/17 (Platkin, J.)

Derivative Claims; Implied Indemnity; Trustees’ Implied Duties; Near-Privity

By: Jared Fitzpatrick | Staff Writer

In 2013, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (the “Board”) brought suit against the trustees of HITNY,