LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Legal Corner answers viewers’ civil legal questions. QUESTION: There is a law passed in 2024 that went into effect in Louisiana on July 1st about witnessing election ...

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On Feb. 1, 2021, a new Uniform Rule went into effect for the New York State trial courts addressing summary judgment motions—Section 202.8-g. The rule requires that any party moving for summary ...

Employers just received clarity from the Missouri Supreme Court that’s helpful for your litigation strategy. The court made clear in an April 21 ruling that summary judgment is not an “extreme and ...

From U.S. ex rel. Oberg & Camoin v. Nelnet, Inc., decided yesterday by the Fourth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan and District Judge Elizabeth ...

This article starts with a discussion on the current CPLR 3212(b)'s legislative history and proceeds to an examination of how courts have attempted to harmonize CPLR 3212(b) with CPLR 3101(d)(1)(i) ...

At first blush, the distinction is subtle. What they share is the intention of giving the boot to a complaint. But it is in how they differ that makes all the difference. Let’s start, first, with a ...

A discussion of a "significant departmental split" on CPLR 5501(a)(1)'s construction which author Dean Pillarella believes is germane to practitioners and should be resolved by the Court of Appeals.

Last week, a California court issued a ruling construed as being anti-industry. The decision defines a company's legal duty to its consumers when a competing and allegedly safer drug is in the ...