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On December 30, 2021, the Administrative Judge for the civil branch of the New York Supreme Court, New York County, issued an administrative order concerning actions filed in New York County...
On December 30, 2021, the Administrative Judge for the civil
branch of the New York Supreme Court, New York County, issued an
administrative order concerning actions filed in New York County
pursuant to the federal Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities
Act"). The order requires that all such actions that are
currently pending or which may be commenced in the future in New
York County shall be assigned to Justice Andrew Borrok, a justice
of the Commercial Division.
Notably, as discussed in a
prior post, Justice Borrock has previously held that the
automatic stay of discovery provided for in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 applies in state court, rather than
only in federal court.
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