This appeal presents the issue of whether the assignment of a claim specifically and expressly for the sole purpose of commencing an action or asserting a counterclaim thereon falls outside Judiciary Law § 489's prohibition against champertous assignments merely because the assignment occurred after the commencement of the action in which the claim is interposed. We hold that such an assignment...
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