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Paul Davis, Appellant,v.Scottish Re Group Limited, et al., Respondents, et al., Defendants.

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11 Cited authorities

  1. Tanges v. Heidelberg North America, Inc.

    93 N.Y.2d 48 (N.Y. 1999)   Cited 126 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Finding Connecticut's own classification only instructive, not binding

  2. Baseball Office of the Commr. v. Marsh

    295 A.D.2d 73 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002)   Cited 85 times
    Holding that “[w]hile an insured's failure to read or understand the policy or to comply with its requirements may give rise to a defense of comparative negligence in a malpractice suit against the broker, the insured's conduct does not, as the motion court held, bar such an action”

  3. People v. Wrotten

    2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 9267 (N.Y. 2009)   Cited 64 times
    Holding that “the public policy of justly resolving criminal cases while at the same time protecting the well-being of a witness can require live two-way video testimony in the rare case where a key witness cannot physically travel to court in New York and where, as here, defendant's confrontation rights have been minimally impaired”

  4. Winn ex Rel. Scottish re Group v. Schafer

    499 F. Supp. 2d 390 (S.D.N.Y. 2007)   Cited 39 times
    Holding that under New York choice of law rules, the law of the Cayman Islands applied to a derivative claim on behalf of a Cayman corporation

  5. People v. Krieg

    139 A.D.3d 625 (N.Y. App. Div. 2016)   Cited 7 times

    1309, 2855/12. 05-31-2016 The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Christopher KRIEG, Defendant–Appellant. Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Claudia Trupp of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Nicole Coviello of counsel), for respondent. Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Claudia Trupp of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Nicole Coviello of counsel), for respondent

  6. Shenwick v. HM Ruby Fund, L.P.

    106 A.D.3d 638 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)   Cited 9 times

    2013-05-28 Linda SHENWICK, derivatively on behalf of Himelsein Mandel Offshore Limited, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. HM RUBY FUND, L.P., et al., Defendants–Respondents, Himelsein Mandel Offshore Limited, Nominal Defendant. Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP, New York (Jeffrey S. Abraham of counsel), for appellant. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York (William M. Regan of counsel), for HM Ruby Fund, L.P., Wayne Himelsein, Jason G. Mandel, Himelsein Mandel Advisors LLC and Himelsein Mandel Fund Management

  7. ARC Capital, LLC v. Kalra

    2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 31316 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2013)   Cited 3 times

    Index No. 652931/2012 Motion Seq. No. 001 06-18-2013 ARC CAPITAL, LLC, in the Right of and for the Benefit of TRIKONA ADVISERS LIMITED, Plaintiff, v. AASHISH KALRA, ASIA PACIFIC INVESTMENTS LTD, SAURABH KILLA, CAMBRIDGE ENERGY RESOURCES, DURANTACO HOLDINGS, LTD., INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, PVT. LTD, and ZUNA ADVISERS, LLC Defendants, and TRIKONA ADVISERS LIMITED, Nominal Defendant. Eileen Bransten EILEEN BRANSTEN, J.: In this shareholder derivative action, Defendants Aashish

  8. Dragon Inv. Co. II LLC v. Shanahan

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 33688 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2007)   Cited 3 times

    0602868/2005. November 2, 2007. [EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.] HELEN E. FREEDMAN, Judge. This action arises out of alleged wrongful conduct by defendants William S. Shanahan, Rose-Marie Fox, and Antares, LLC (collectively, the SFA defendants) that harmed Phoenix Telecommunications Ltd. (Phoenix) and its shareholders by stripping Phoenix of its assets and business opportunities. The SFA defendants now move to dismiss the amended complaint's breach of fiduciary

  9. People v. Thompson

    177 Misc. 2d 803 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1998)   Cited 10 times

    June 10, 1998 Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn ( Vincent Warren of counsel), and Fiol Hershkowitz, New York City ( Juan R. Fiol of counsel), for Kevin Thompson, defendant. Birkett Birkett, Brooklyn ( Peter W. Birkett of counsel), and Fink, Katz Walz, P.L.L.C., New York City ( Jonathan A. Fink of counsel), for Peter Thompson, defendant. Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn ( John Nolan, Matthew Greenberg and Gail Ostriker of counsel), for plaintiff. ROBERT S. KREINDLER, J.Page

  10. 302 612 of Operating Engineers v. Blanchard

    No. 04 Civ. 5954 (LAP) (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 24, 2005)   Cited 1 times

    No. 04 Civ. 5954 (LAP). August 24, 2005 OPINION AND ORDER LORETTA PRESKA, District Judge Defendant Nortel Networks Corporation ("Defendant" or "Nortel") presently moves to dismiss the derivative action filed by Plaintiff Locals 302 and 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers — Employers Construction Industry Retirement Trust and Plaintiff Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund IBEW (collectively, "Plaintiffs"). Counsel appeared on August 2, 2005 for oral argument on the motion

  11. Section 2-B - General powers of courts of record

    N.Y. Jud. Law § 2-B   Cited 177 times   1 Legal Analyses

    A court of record has power 1. to issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of a person found in the state to testify in a cause pending in that court, subject, however, to the limitations prescribed by law with respect to the portion of the state in which the process of the local court of record may be served; 2. to administer an oath to a witness in the exercise of the powers and duties of the court and; 3. to devise and make new process and forms of proceedings, necessary to carry into effect