Here’s something I know is keeping you up at night during the holidays when your heating bill is skyrocketing because the windows in your home leak air like the Titanic’s hull leaked water: Can I sue ...

In recent years, a few law firms have made a cottage industry of enticing condominium home owners associations to sue the project developers over many issues, very often for alleged construction ...

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The best approach for our analysis is to start with the seminal case on privity in the accountants' liability context. Chief Judge Benjamin Cardozo in Ultramares Corporation v. Touche et al. addressed ...

A recent New York case highlights the importance of thoroughly analyzing all contract language in minimizing project risk. In Gilbane Bldg. Co./TDX Construction Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Mar. Ins. Co., ...

In a significant decision this summer, Schneider v. Finmann, 15 NY3d 306 (2010), the Court of Appeals loosened the privity requirements in legal malpractice actions. Specifically, in Schneider, the ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Journal of the Indian Law Institute is a leading law journal pertaining to the field of law. It is published since 1958. It is ...

No, not a privy, “privity”! Trust me, it’s different. So what, then, is a “privity”? Well, first off, privity is not a thing. Instead, it is a concept. For now, think magnets. I’ll come back to that ...

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