Andrew Denney

November 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Using Brooklyn as the venue for a federal lawsuit filed by a resident who alleges that Border Patrol agents mistreated her after her arrest in Texas would not inconvenience the U.S. government, Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein concluded.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Growing case backlogs and wait times in immigration courts create uncertainty for clients and ethical and practical concerns for their attorneys, according to participants in a recent New York City Bar Association forum.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Using Brooklyn as the venue for a federal lawsuit filed by a resident who alleges that Border Patrol agents mistreated her after her arrest in Texas would not inconvenience the U.S. government, Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein concluded.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Growing case backlogs and wait times in immigration courts create uncertainty for clients and ethical and practical concerns for their attorneys, according to participants in a recent New York City Bar Association forum.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Manhattan District Attorney Office is appealing a judge's decision to throw out a nearly 25-year-old conviction in a deadly tourist mugging that symbolized a dangerous time in New York City.

By Associated Press/Andrew Denney

2 minute read

November 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Manhattan District Attorney Office is appealing a judge's decision to throw out a nearly 25-year-old conviction in a deadly tourist mugging that symbolized a dangerous time in New York City.

By Associated Press/Andrew Denney

2 minute read

November 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A former Manhattan prosecutor who was found guilty of assaulting a woman in a bar has avoided a jail sentence and has instead been sentenced to 10 days of community service and ordered to complete an alcohol abuse treatment program.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

November 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two Suffolk County attorneys who were convicted of felony charges for their roles in a mortgage fraud scheme that prosecutors said fleeced lenders out of millions have been disbarred by the Second Department.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

November 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Ten of New York's 15 law schools had their pass rates decline from last year on the July 2015 bar examination, according to figures that the law schools provided to the Law Journal. Three institutions—Touro Law School, New York Law School and Albany Law School—had a double-digit or near double-digit slide.

By Andrew Denney

10 minute read

November 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Ten of New York's 15 law schools had their pass rates decline from last year on the July 2015 bar examination, according to figures that the law schools provided to the Law Journal. Three institutions—Touro Law School, New York Law School and Albany Law School—had a double-digit or near double-digit slide.

By Andrew Denney

10 minute read