FEATURE ARTICLE:
PROCEDURE FOR MOVING FOR CONSOLIDATION OR JOINT
TRIAL
GENERAL PRACTICE
LIS PENDENS FILINGS:
Motion to File Extension of Lis Pendens
Must Be Made Before Original Three-Year Period Expires
EXTRASTATE SERVICE OF SUBPOENA:
Judgment Debtor on New York Judgment
Is Subject to Subpoena Through Service on His New York Lawyer, But
Court Order Is Needed to Implement It
SANCTIONS:
Persistent Ignoring of Bill of Particulars
Demands Brings Censure and Sanctions
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CLOSED COURTHOUSE:
What to Do on Last Day of Statute of Limitations
When Filing Can't Be Made Because Bad Weather Has Closed Courthouse
PLEADING ART. 16 DEFENSE:
Conflict About Whether D Has to Plead Article
16 as Defense, and What a Bill of Particulars of the Defense Must
Contain
LINGERING "FILING" PROBLEMS:
Statute Explicitly Saying Service Marks Commencement
Supersedes CPLR's Filing, Bringing Loss for Just Few Days Variation
OBLIGATION TO REVEAL INSURANCE:
D's Repeated Failure to Reveal Insurance on
Two Cars in D's Household Results in Default and Inquest
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BACKLOG ITEMS
LONGARM JURISDICTION:
Merely Telephoning and Sending Faxes to
State Doesn't Suffice for Longarm Jurisdiction, or Even as Basis for
Disclosure About It
THIRD-PARTY PRACTICE:
Third-Party Claim Can Be Dismissed for
Forum Non Conveniens Even Though Main Claim Is Retained
SECURITY
FOR COSTS:
Security for Costs Can't Be
Demanded of Small Claims Plaintiff
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