In August 2025, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its decision in Huntington National Bank v. Schneider providing important guidance on the obligations of lenders in guaranty and suretyship relationships. The Court rejected...more
On March 5, 2024, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, ruled that an obvious scriveners error in a guaranty, exempting a guarantor from full recourse liability for the loan’s debt, could be corrected to impose personal...more
In past articles, we have examined a motion for summary judgment in lieu of a complaint under CPLR § 3213. Today, we take another look at this statute by examining BBM3, LLC v. Vosotas, 2023 N.Y. Slip Op. 02279 (1st Dept. ...more
As readers of this blog are aware the CPLR 3213 motion for summary judgment in lieu of complaint can be a powerful tool to secure an expedited judgment, “meld[ing] pleading and motion practice into one step, allowing a...more