Andrew Denney

November 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A tenant who repeatedly paid her rent late because her apartment needed repairs was able to make a bona fide habitability claim in an eviction proceeding for chronic late payments, a Housing Court judge wrote in an order granting the tenant's motion for summary judgment.

By Andrew Denney

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November 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A tenant who repeatedly paid her rent late because her apartment needed repairs was able to make a bona fide habitability claim in an eviction proceeding for chronic late payments, a Housing Court judge wrote in an order granting the tenant's motion for summary judgment.

By Andrew Denney

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November 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Starting in January, the Fordham University School of Law will offer a master's degree in corporate compliance to non-lawyers, who will be required to take courses on the U.S. legal system, the legal profession and legal writing and research.

By Andrew Denney

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November 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Starting in January, the Fordham University School of Law will offer a master's degree in corporate compliance to non-lawyers, who will be required to take courses on the U.S. legal system, the legal profession and legal writing and research.

By Andrew Denney

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October 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn Family Court judge erred in dismissing a neglect petition against two parents that was filed after police found individual packages of heroin and crack cocaine and a large amount of marijuana at the father's home, an appeals court ruled.

By Andrew Denney

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October 30, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn Family Court judge erred in dismissing a neglect petition against two parents that was filed after police found individual packages of heroin and crack cocaine and a large amount of marijuana at the father's home, an appeals court ruled.

By Andrew Denney

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October 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

By pleading guilty to driving while impaired on prescription drugs, a defendant forfeited his right to challenge a Suffolk County judge's decision to admit evidence that he had refused to submit to a chemical test after his arrest, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled Wednesday.

By Andrew Denney

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October 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

By pleading guilty to driving while impaired on prescription drugs, a defendant forfeited his right to challenge a Suffolk County judge's decision to admit evidence that he had refused to submit to a chemical test after his arrest, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled Wednesday.

By Andrew Denney

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October 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

After two consecutive years of decline, pass rates for the July bar examination have reached their lowest point in more than a decade, according to figures released Tuesday by the New York State Board of Law Examiners.

By Andrew Denney

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October 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Joining a growing list of New York law schools that have formed technology-focused academic programs, Cornell Law School has announced that it will offer a new LL.M. degree program for law, technology and entrepreneurship.

By Andrew Denney

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