Appellate Law News and Insights

Highlights Lawyers seeking reciprocal bar admission after moving from one state to another may not have to retake a bar exam but often at a minimum must go through the character and fitness process of their new jurisdictions — a process that typically winds up with a "yes" but that...

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The middle of the 2019-2020 Term of the Court featured only a handful of dispositions on civil matters, but no landmark decisions. Two opinions by Judge Stein, relating to the General Business Law and the arbitration process, do provide templates for future GBL claims and arbitration proceedings. Plavin v. Group...

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A recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit serves a sharp reminder of the principle that federal courts have limited jurisdiction.  In MidCap Media Finance, L.L.C. v. Pathway Data, Inc., Judge Oldham explained that "[r]espect for the state system and the strictly circumscribed nature of federal jurisdiction...

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