This column reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Joanna Seybert relied on the good faith ...
"These principles flow naturally from the court’s interest in vigorously defending the integrity of the legal process and ...
A civil defendant facing a $500,000 default judgment – who did not respond to the case despite multiple attempts to reach her for nearly six years – may still be able to get the judgment vacated if ...
After entry of a default judgment for liability, but before entry of a judgment awarding relief, the Court of Chancery granted the plaintiff leave to amend the complaint to add a new claim for reverse ...
Default stops defendants from challenging claims after time to respond to claims expires Clerk's default is speediest method for obtaining default Court's default is required when defendant is ...
In United States Bank Nat’l Ass’n v. Moss, U.S. Bank (USB) sought to vacate a default judgment in an underlying suit involving title to real property through a bill of review based on allegedly ...