New York Law Watch
Week ending March 14, 2026
5 decision records: 3 meet the substance floor; 2 records are held from search listings.
Decision dates in this week run from March 9, 2026 to March 12, 2026, from 4 courts.
By court
Appellate Division, First Department
- Matter of Hurckes252 AD3d 97
The court granted the Attorney Grievance Committee’s motion for reciprocal discipline, imposing an immediate interim suspension on respondent based on his emergency suspension in Florida. The court found that respondent’s misconduct, including neglect of client matters and false advertising, constituted professional misconduct in New York and that no defenses to reciprocal discipline applied.
- Matter of Chilliest252 AD3d 80
The court granted the Attorney Grievance Committee’s motion for interim suspension based on evidence of misappropriated escrow funds and the respondent’s failure to cooperate with the investigation. Although the court found insufficient evidence of venal intent for intentional conversion, the respondent’s non-cooperation and financial misconduct warranted immediate suspension.
Trial courts
- People v R.M.90 Misc 3d 344
The court held that the People’s discovery obligations under CPL 245.20 and 245.50 are not satisfied by assigning discovery from one docket to another without actual separate production. Each docket requires its own certificate of compliance and statement of readiness based on materials relating specifically to that case’s subject matter.
Also decided
- Simon Green Inc. v Phillip 90 Misc 3d 183 March 9, 2026
- KAPLAN v LEVINE 89 Misc 3d 1191 March 9, 2026
Published March 14, 2026. Updated November 14, 2026.