- Posts by David S. Mordkoff
Senior CounselDavid Mordkoff is an experienced litigator and trusted advisor who helps employers find creative yet practical solutions to their most challenging employment law problems.
Employers turn to David to represent them in state and ...
The statute of limitations is a powerful threshold defense for defendants in civil litigation. Article 2 of New York’s Civil Practice Law and Rules (“CPLR”) and other New York statutory provisions set forth deadlines by which parties must “interpose” their claims, lest they be barred from pursuing them.
The CPLR is clear that limitations periods are not to be trifled with—not even courts can extend them: “An action . . . must be commenced within the time specified in this article unless a different time is prescribed by law or a shorter time is prescribed by written ...
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