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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York has provided some clarity to New York businesses and their insurers dealing with loss resulting from fraudulent entrustment. In
Crown Jewels Estate Jewelry, Inc. v. Underwriters At Interest At Lloyd’s London, Case No. 2020-04312 (N.Y. App. Div. May 13, 2021), the court held that coverage under a dishonest entrustment exclusion was properly denied where an individual fraudulently convinced a high end jewelry store to let him borrow five pieces of jewelry.
In a Scorsese-like plot, Paul Castellana, the plaintiff, emailed Crown Jewels Estate Jewelry, a high-end jeweler, saying he worked for Sony Pictures International and asked to borrow jewelry for a video he said he was shooting with Jennifer Lopez. After Crown Jewels agreed to lend Castellana five pieces of jewelry worth $2.09 million, it received a certificate of insurance. A reference also confirmed Castellana
Singas is the governor’s choice to replace retiring Court of Appeals Judge Leslie Stein and Cannataro would fill the seat of the late Judge Paul Feinman, who died in March.
PUBLISHED 2:23 PM ET May. 25, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:23 PM EDT May. 25, 2021
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Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Administrative Judge Anthony Cannataro have been nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the state s highest court, his office on Tuesday announced.
Singas would replace retiring Judge Leslie Stein; Cannataro would fill the seat of the late Judge Paul Feinman, who died in March. Their nominations now go to the state Senate, led by Democrats, for consideration.
Cuomo s nominations were announced with multiple nominations to the state s court system, filling vacancies at the Court of Claims as well as making appointments to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the First and Second Departments of New York state.
In this age of intelligent machines, journalists often keep information that is sensitive, confidential and self-evidentiary in their laptops or mobile phones, or in cloud storage facilities. That is why the threshold of privacy of such data is much higher than of personal data. One can recall the Panama Papers scandal, which shook the whole world with revelations of confidential documents regarding corruption and offshore wealth. Therefore, access to the digital devices of a journalist cannot be given without due process and judicial scrutiny, and without maintaining checks and balances in order to protect the right to privacy and freedom of the press in a democratic society.