On May 22, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky dismissing a breach of contract/accounts against the firm’s client, Cintas Corporation on statute of limitations grounds. Plaintiff originally brought suit in New York state court against Cintas in […]

In this banking action, plaintiffs sought to recover the alleged proceeds of several accounts held as Totten Trusts and in which plaintiffs were named as the beneficiaries, and for an accounting of those accounts.  In obtaining summary judgment dismissing the complaint against the bank, our firm established that it was indisputable that,  prior to her death the account holder closed the accounts and all proceeds thereof were properly disbursed by the bank, and also that all funds had been properly accounted for.

The Firm obtained summary judgment for our client, a consumer wireless communications vendor of an action brought by former customer alleging negligence, negligent hiring and supervision, infliction of emotional distress, prima facie tort and breach of contract.

Joseph D’Ambrosio and Michael A. Sabino discuss the recent decision by New Jersey’s Supreme Court upholding the “fairly debatable” standard for determining whether or not an insurer denied a claim in bad faith.

Jon R. Grabowski and Michael A. Sabino discuss the recently handed down Second and Ninth Circuit decisions addressing insider trading liability. Both courts discussed the government’s evidentiary burden in the context of the misappropriation theory, as well as clarifying the “personal benefit” analysis as laid out in the Supreme Court’s Dirks v. S.E.C. decision.