A few years back, in a post entitled What the Commercial Division Has Done for Us Lately, we commented on a 2019 report from the Commercial Division Advisory Council, which extolled “The Benefits of the Commercial Division to the State of New York” since its inception in 1995, including how it “has made the
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Avoiding Judicial Conflicts of Interest: New ComDiv Rule 35 Will Require Corporate Disclosure Statements
By Matthew D. Donovan on
Aficionados of Commercial Division practice know that the ComDiv rules originally were — and, as evidenced by an Administrative Order earlier this month, continue to be — modeled after the federal rules. Efficiency begets efficiency.
Earlier this month, on October 4, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks promulgated new ComDiv Rule 35, which, as of…
How New York Courts Are Navigating the Coronavirus Crisis
By Matthew D. Donovan on
Posted in Court Administration
A few weeks back, my colleague Chris Clarke reported on the response of the New York court system to the commercial chaos arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the court system generally, the Appellate Division, and of course, the Commercial Division.
Among other developments, Chris’s post highlighted Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks’s…