Promissory estoppel explained: the elements under Restatement section 90, landmark US cases, the English High Trees rule, ...

Many years ago, when I was a young court attorney to a criminal court judge, there was, within the omnibus applications available to a criminal defendant, an application known as a "Clayton motion," ...

Most legally enforceable contracts are formed the old-fashioned way: offer and acceptance. Courts will sometimes enforce promises without traditional offer and acceptance where one party has ...

Peter Sluka wrote a month ago about Matter of Lin v Sun ___ AD3d ___ (2026 NY Slip Op 02065 [1st Dept Apr. 7, 2026]). In Lin, the First Department unanimously rejected a petitioner-appellant’s claim ...

A lawsuit filed by the purported owner of multiple Bronx properties—who had contended that he should be awarded the properties' titles because he and the current owner verbally agreed to their ...

Under Article 291 of the Labor Code, all money claims arising from employer-employee relationship like recovery of unpaid wages, separation pay and 13th month pay must be filed within three years from ...

Based upon recent case pronouncements by both New York's highest court and federal courts, the doctrine of promissory estoppel should be invoked with selectivity, particularly when used to undermine ...

An Appellate Division, First Department panel rejected the reliance-based argument of promissory estoppel by the plaintiff, indicating that he would not suffer an unfair injury if the statute of ...