On May 11, 2023, the New York City Council approved Intro 209–A, a local law amending the New York City administrative code to include “height and weight” as protected characteristics under the Human Rights Law’s discrimination statute. Key features of the amendment include: Prohibiting discrimination based on one’s height or […]
The legal theory of inherited jurisdiction holds that when two companies merge, the successor corporation “inherits” the predecessor’s status for personal jurisdiction purposes. Thus, if the predecessor was subject to jurisdiction in New York, so is the successor, irrespective of the successor’s contacts (or lack thereof) with the New York […]
Consolidation under CPLR 602(a) allows for multiple actions that involve common questions of fact and law to be merged under the same caption. The procedural tool is intended to avoid unnecessary duplication of trials, save on costs, and prevent injustice that may result from divergent decisions on the same facts. […]
Yankwitt LLP attorneys Michael Reed and Scott Wenzel examine personal jurisdiction in Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions and whether all opt-in plaintiffs must demonstrate their claims arose out of the defendant’s minimum contacts with the forum state. This was the topic of their article published in the New York […]
While the CPLR permits an early pleading amendment as of right, any subsequent or “late in the game” amendment requires agreement among the parties or leave of court under CPLR 3025(b). That provision counsels courts that “[l]eave shall be freely given upon such terms as may be just . . […]