CPLR 3213, which is a procedural device permitting a plaintiff, under certain circumstances, to obtain summary relief at the very beginning of a lawsuit, provides, in pertinent part: When an action is ...

After an arbitration resulted in an award that included more than $650,000 in attorneys’ fees, the liable party filed a motion to vacate that portion of the award in a federal district court. The ...

This article discusses two legal issues: who must serve notices of entry to start the 30-day appeal clock, and how to appeal when relief is granted without a formal cross-motion. It analyzes these ...

An attorney representing the Giants filed a notice of motion to dismiss on Tuesday, asking a Bergen County Superior Court judge to throw out a lawsuit that alleges “a culture of violence in the ...

(This article was published on March 1, 2024. For a regularly updated version of this resource, see Motion Practice: Initial Presentment and Post-Presentment Procedure (IL) on Practical Law.) Motion ...