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Prejudgment Attachment Orders: High Stakes, Higher Burden

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By James R. Maguire on November 25, 2021
Posted in Motions, Remedies

In expensive lawsuits involving fraud claims, the temptation of a defendant to play hide and seek with its assets can be high. To prevent this result, CPLR § 6201 provides a mechanism (i.e., prejudgment attachment order) to preserve such assets. However, in a recent decision from the Suffolk County Commercial Division, Justice Elizabeth H.

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