Andrew Denney

March 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has reached a settlement agreement with the country's three largest credit reporting agencies to increase consumer protections, including making it easier to dispute mistakes on credit reports and lessening the effects of medical debt.

By Andrew Denney and Associated Press

4 minute read

March 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has reached a settlement agreement with the country's three largest credit reporting agencies to increase consumer protections, including making it easier to dispute mistakes on credit reports and lessening the effects of medical debt.

By Andrew Denney and Associated Press

4 minute read

March 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Addressing a concern among some New York lawyers that adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam might negatively affect minorities, the president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners testified Wednesday there has been no evidence of that in the 15 states that now use the test.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

March 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In August, the ABA changed its rules to allow law schools to admit 10 percent of students in their entering classes without the LSAT, which has allowed St. John's University School of Law and the University at Buffalo Law School to admit high-performing students from affiliated undergraduate programs.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

March 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Addressing a concern among some New York lawyers that adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam might negatively affect minorities, the president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners testified Wednesday there has been no evidence of that in the 15 states that now use the test.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

March 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In August, the ABA changed its rules to allow law schools to admit 10 percent of students in their entering classes without the LSAT, which has allowed St. John's University School of Law and the University at Buffalo Law School to admit high-performing students from affiliated undergraduate programs.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

March 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Monroe Freedman, a law professor and former dean at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University considered by many to be the father of modern legal ethics as an academic discipline, died Feb. 26. He was 86.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

March 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Richard Schwartz, an attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson known for his work in environmental law and his dedication to sustainability and local food, died Feb. 21 from complications from cancer.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

March 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Richard Schwartz, an attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson known for his work in environmental law and his dedication to sustainability and local food, died Feb. 21 from complications from cancer.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

March 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A lower court properly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by a man who sued Consolidated Edison and the city of New York after he and his dog both suffered electric shocks after stepping in a puddle, an appellate court affirmed on Feb. 25.

By Andrew Denney

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