Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Acting within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic’s unique opportunity for permanent reform, the Administrative Board of Courts in New York, through the state’s Chief Administrative Judge Larry Marks and his Order of December 29, 2020, enacted new Uniform Rules in the Supreme and County courts that will permanently change discovery, motion practice, pre-trial procedures and other aspects of civil litigation in the state. Effective February 1, 2021, some of these changes will impact personal injury litigation in general, and products liability cases in particular.
The rule changes came about after three years of study and public comments, as well as review by working groups composed of judges and lawyers. They were adopted from New York’s specialized Commercial Division, which Judge Marks’s Order described as a “recognized leader” in court innovation with “unparalleled creativity and flexibility” in the development of court rules
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Electric Last Mile and Forum Merger III Corporation Announce Board of Director Nominees for Post-Combination Company
January 25, 2021 GMT
TROY, Mich. & DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 25, 2021
Electric Last Mile, Inc. (ELMS), a commercial electric vehicle (EV) solutions company, and Forum Merger III Corporation (NASDAQ: FIII, FIIIU, FIIIW) (Forum) today announced the nominees for the board of directors of the combined company that will result from the previously announced combination of Forum, a special purpose acquisition company, and ELMS. The director nominees bring decades of leadership across the technology, mobility and commercial delivery sectors. Following the proposed business combination, the common stock of the post-combination company is expected to continue to be listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market.