New York Court of Appeals Roundup: Legal Malpractice Claim, Defamation, Separate Entity Rule
In their monthly column in the New York Law Journal, Roy Reardon and William Russell discuss cases involving the preservation of a legal malpractice claim and when a statement represents an assertion of fact or opinion for purposes of a defamation claim. They also discuss a recent decision with implications for New York’s status as a global financial center in which the Court recognizes the “separate entity” rule for financial institutions with foreign branches.