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SEPTEMBER 2000
 

Overview of topics...

Lead Note:

NEW LAWS SOLKAV CASE OVERRULED: ORIGINAL PROCEEDING THAT TESTED ARBITRABILITY CAN NOW SUPPORT LATER MOTION AFFECTING AWARD

General Practice:

 

  • Courts Begin to Examine How to Apply Longarm Jurisdiction in Internet Cases
  • Maximum Sanction Imposed on Law Firm for "Falsifying" Court Order to Include Injunction
  • What Happens with One-Day-Extra-for-Overnight-Delivery Rule When Friday Dispatch Doesn't Reach Recipient Until Monday?
  • Enforcing Judgment Against Partner's Interest in the Partnership

Backlog Items:

 

  • P in Bronx Nursing Home Is Bronx Resident for Venue Even Though He Wants to Go Back Home??
  • Court Holds Acts Five Months Apart to Be "Successive" and Support Contribution Claims Among Tortfeasors
  • Town Justice Has Summary Proceeding Jurisdiction Only If Land Is Within Town

Federal Jurisdiction:

 

  • Even Nondiverse 4th Party Defendant Can Counterclaim Against Plaintiff
  • Hague Convention Doesn't Always Require Translation for Documents Served Outside Country

 ARTICLE HEADLINES

FEATURE ARTICLE:
NEW LAWS SOLKAV CASE OVERRULED: ORIGINAL PROCEEDING THAT TESTED ARBITRABILITY CAN NOW SUPPORT LATER MOTION AFFECTING AWARD

 GENERAL PRACTICE

LONGARM INTERNET JURISDICTION:
Federal Judge Describes Which Internet Activities by a Website Can Lead to Extraterritorial Jurisdiction under CPLR 302

SANCTIONS:
Judge Laments Inadequacy of Punitive Sanction Imposed Against Law Firm That Deliberately Falsified Order to Make It Appear that It Contained a TRO

 
WITH OVERNIGHT DELIVERY, ONE DAY GETS ADDED TO RESPONSE TIME; WHAT RESULT, IF FRIDAY USED AND DELIVERY IS NOT UNTIL MONDAY?

ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PARTNER:
Creditor of D, Partner in Law Firm, Gets Enforcement Through Partners Other Than D

 BACKLOG ITEMS

BRONX VENUE:
P Convalescing in Bronx Nursing Home Is Bronx Resident for Venue Even If P Wants to Go Back to Westchester

SUCCESSIVE OR CONCURRENT TORTFEASORS:
Divided Court Holds Acts Five Months Apart "Successive" So As to Support Contribution Claims Among Tortfeasors

 
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION:
Town Justice Has Summary Proceeding Jurisdiction Only If Land Is Within Town

 FEDERAL JURISDICTION

SUPPLEMENTAL JURISDICTION EVEN NON-DIVERSE 4TH PARTY DEFENDANT'S COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST PLAINTIFF CAN BE SUPPORTED BY "SUPPLEMENTAL" JURISDICTION

TRANSLATING DOCUMENTS:
Even Under Hague Convention, Translation of Documents Is Not Required in All Instances of Service Outside Country

         
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