Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
December 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Legal Hand Offers Help to Queens Residents With Legal ProblemsLegal service providers and the Center for Court Innovation have teamed up to give low-income residents of Jamaica, Queens a convenient place to seek…
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
December 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Disbars Attorney Who Defrauded PartnersA New York attorney who co-owned a litigation funding company and who was sentenced to federal prison for defrauding his former business partners has been disbarred.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
December 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Court Adopts Requirement for Experiential LearningThe state Court of Appeals has approved a requirement for applicants to the New York bar to have completed an experiential learning component before they can be admitted into practice.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
December 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Big Deals: Skadden Passes $1 Trillion Mark in Merger of Dow and DuPontDow Chemical and DuPont are merging to form a company valued at about $130 billion as they try to counter falling commodities prices and weakness in some key markets that have pressured their giant agriculture and chemicals businesses.
By Jennifer Henderson and Andrew Denney
5 minute read
December 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Court Adopts Requirement for Experiential LearningThe state Court of Appeals has approved a requirement for applicants to the New York bar to have completed an experiential learning component before they can be admitted into practice.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
December 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Big Deals: Skadden Passes $1 Trillion Mark in Merger of Dow and DuPontDow Chemical and DuPont are merging to form a company valued at about $130 billion as they try to counter falling commodities prices and weakness in some key markets that have pressured their giant agriculture and chemicals businesses.
By Jennifer Henderson and Andrew Denney
5 minute read
December 16, 2015 | Law.com
Patients' Group Appeals Dismissal of Aid-in-Dying LawsuitA group of terminally ill patients seeking to block prosecution of doctors who would aid them in dying is appealing a Manhattan judge's decision to dismiss their lawsuit.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
December 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
New Bar Leader to Nurture Predecessor's PrioritiesMartha Krisel, a Rockville Centre attorney who took over as the leader of the Nassau County Bar Association upon the death of association president Steven Eisman, plans to spend the remainder of Eisman's term seeing through his goals for his presidency.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
December 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Patients' Group Appeals Dismissal of Aid-in-Dying LawsuitA group of terminally ill patients seeking to block prosecution of doctors who would aid them in dying is appealing a Manhattan judge's decision to dismiss their lawsuit.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
December 15, 2015 | New York Law Journal
New Bar Leader to Nurture Predecessor's PrioritiesMartha Krisel, a Rockville Centre attorney who took over as the leader of the Nassau County Bar Association upon the death of association president Steven Eisman, plans to spend the remainder of Eisman's term seeing through his goals for his presidency.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read