New York’s New Avoiding Vexatious Overuse of Impleading to Delay (AVOID) Act Streamlines Third-Party Practice
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For decades, New York civil litigators operating under the Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) relied on a familiar playbook: When a client was sued, defense counsel often took a, let’s say, “patient” approach to third-party practice by engaging in often lengthy, time-consuming discovery to fully clarify fault before bringing in (impleading) other parties, such…
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