Transcripts and Videos of Arguments in the Court of Appeals for January 2019 Now Available
On December 28, 2018, we noted a case of interest from the oral arguments before the Court of Appeals in January 2019:
Arrowhead Capital Finance, Ltd. v. Cheyne Specialty Finance Fund L.P. et al., APL-2018-00005 (argued Wednesday, January 9, 2019) ("Attorney and Client--Unauthorized Practice of Law--Whether failure of plaintiff’s counsel to maintain an in-state office at the time action was commenced, in violation of Judiciary Law § 470, renders the action a nullity and requires dismissal of the action without prejudice.") See the transcript and the video.
U.S. National Bank Assoc. v DLJ Mortgage Capital, APL-2017-00115 (argued Wednesday, January 9, 2019) ("Limitation of Actions--Commencement of action after termination of prior action--Where complaint was dismissed because plaintiff failed to satisfy a condition precedent and plaintiff lacked standing to sue, whether CPLR 205(a) applies to allow trustee, which was substituted as plaintiff, to commence a new action; whether trustee may rely on relation-back doctrine of CPLR 203(f).") See the transcript and the video.
U.S. National Bank Assoc. v DLJ Mortgage Capital, APL-2017-00116 (argued Wednesday, January 9, 2019) ("Contracts--Conditions Precedent--Where plaintiff trustee failed to comply with a contractual condition precedent to bringing suit, whether the timely claims were properly dismissed without prejudice to refiling pursuant to CPLR 205(a); limitation of action--commencement of action after termination of prior action.") See the transcript and the video.
