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These materials may be downloaded and printed, in whole or in part, without alteration, for noncommercial use only. These materials may not otherwise be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any informational storage system, nor may they be distributed, downloaded, modified, reused, reposted, retransmitted, disseminated, sold, published, broadcast or circulated or otherwise used or shared in any manner for commercial use, without express written permission from the New York State Board of Law Examiners. Any modification of the content, or any portion  \nthereof, or use of the content for any unpermitted and/or commercial use constitutesan infringement of the New York State Board of Law Examiners’ copyrights and other proprietary rights. Noncommercial use means use of these materials in a manner that is not intended for commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. Commercial use means use of these materials in any manner that is intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation. This includes private tutoring or commercial bar test-prep courses or settings.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nINTRODUCTION……………………... 1  \nTHE NEW YORK COURT SYSTEM.... 2  \nI. Principal Appellate Courts…….. 2  \nII. Principal Trial Courts…………. 4  \nIII. Other Courts…………………. 11  \nADMINISTRATIVE LAW……………. 14  \nI.Rulemaking…………………….. 14  \nII.Publication of Rules…………… 16  \nIII.Adjudication………………….. 17  \nIV.Judicial Review………………. 22  \nV.Public Disclosure……………… 31  \nBUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS……….. 34  \nBUSINESS CORPORATIONS………... 34  \nI.Formation and Nature…………... 34  \nII.Management and Control……… 37  \nIII. Professional Service Corporations……………………… 53  \nIV. Other Corporation Laws…… 57  \nLIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES… 59  \nI. FORMATION………………… 59  \nII. MANAGEMENT…………….. 62  \nIII. Professional Service Limited Liability Companies……………… 65  \nPARTNERSHIPS……………………… 69  \nI.General Partnerships……………. 69  \nII. Limited Partnerships………….. 71  \nIII. Registered Limited Liability Partnerships………………………. 73  \nCIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE 78  \nI.Personal Jurisdiction……………. 78  \nII. Commencement of Action and Service of Process………………... 84  \nIII. Venue and Forum Non Conveniens………………………. 96  \nIV. Limitations of Time………….. 100  \nV. Appearances and Pleadings…… 116  \nVI. Affirmation in Lieu of Affidavit…………………………. 129  \nVII. Parties……………………….. 130  \nVIII. Provisional Remedies………. 134  \nIX. Motions………………………. 142  \nX. Disclosure…………………….. 161  \nXI. Special Proceedings………….. 176  \nXII. Alternative Dispute Resolution………………………... 185  \nXIII. Request for Judicial Intervention, Trials………………. 194  \nXIV. Appeals…………………….. 200  \nCONFLICT OF LAWS………………... 208  \nI.Application in Specific Areas….. 208  \nII. Limitations on Application of Foreign Law……………………… 215  \nCONTRACTS…………………………. 219  \nI. Mutual Mistake vs. Unilateral Mistake………………………….. 219  \nII. Inability to Consent, Including Infancy………………………….. 220  \nIII. Unconscionability and  \nIllegality: General Business Law… 222  \nIV. Consideration………………… 226  \nV. Statute of Frauds……………… 228  \nVI. Third-Party Beneficiary Contracts, Including Intended vs. Incidental Beneficiaries………….. 230  \nVII. Constructive Trusts…………. 233  \nVIII. Employment Contracts……... 234  \nIX. Admissibility of Extrinsic Evidence and Parol Evidence Rule. 236  \nX. Plain Language Requirement for Consumer Transactions………. 237  \nXI. Unsolicited Merchandise…….. 238  \nXII. Home Improvement Contracts 238  \nCRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE. 240  \nI. Subject Matter and Appellate Jurisdiction………………………. 240  \nII. Criminal Liability and Mental Culpability……………………….. 246  \nIII. 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