FEATURE ARTICLE:
FOLLOWING FEDERAL EXAMPLE OF 28 U.S.C.A. §
1407, NEW YORK "LITIGATION COORDINATING PANEL" IS ESTABLISHED
TO "QUASI" CONSOLIDATE PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN RELATED ACTIONS
PENDING IN DIFFERENT COUNTIES; "INTERIM PROCEDURES" ALREADY
PROMULGATED
GENERAL PRACTICE
STATEMENT OF CLIENT'S RIGHTS:
Reminder About Posting Statement in Lawyer's
Office
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SERVING
CORPORATIONS:
No Default Vacatur When Failure of Notice
Was Corporation's Fault for Not Updating Address in Secretary of
State's Office
TAKING DEFAULT JUDGMENT:
Failure to File Proof of the "Additional"
Service Required Before Taking Default Judgment Is Not Jurisdictional
Defect
ATTORNEY'S WORK PRODUCT:
Review of "Work Product" Immunity
in Legal Malpractice Action Under Federal Rule Sheds Light on Equivalent
Issues under CPLR
REMOVAL TO FEDERAL COURT:
Motivation to Avoid Federal Jurisdiction
by Adding Party and/or Dropping Claim Doesn't Bar Remand
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CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTIONS:
Strict Venue Limits in Consumer Cases, Often
Overlooked, Get Applied Against a P.C. That Regularly Disregarded
Them
PRESERVING JURISDICTIONAL OBJECTION:
When Can Amended Answer Include Jurisdictional
Objection That Original Answer Omitted?
THE CONTINUING "GRAVE INJURY" DILEMMA—
Even If Summary Judgment Is Seemingly Warranted
on "Grave Injury" Issue, Shouldn't Impleader of Employer
Be Allowed to Stand Until Trial?
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