Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
February 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Judge Blocks ID Expert From Testifying in TrialA Queens judge denied a motion by a defendant in an armed robbery case to have an expert witness testify on the reliability of eyewitness accounts.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
February 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Judge Blocks ID Expert From Testifying in TrialA Queens judge denied a motion by a defendant in an armed robbery case to have an expert witness testify on the reliability of eyewitness accounts.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
February 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Nassau Lawyer Suspended Over Hiring of Disbarred AttorneyDean Gary Weber, a Westbury solo bankruptcy attorney, has been suspended for two years for hiring an "old law school friend" who had been disbarred and letting him practice under an assumed name.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
February 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Says Divorce Counsel Should Be DisqualifiedA Second Department panel, reversing the trial court, said that while disqualification generally falls within the court's discretion, the "very appearance of a conflict of interest" in a divorce case "was alone sufficient" to warrant disqualification of the wife's attorney.
By Andrew Denney
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February 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Says Divorce Counsel Should Be DisqualifiedA Second Department panel, reversing the trial court, said that while disqualification generally falls within the court's discretion, the "very appearance of a conflict of interest" in a divorce case "was alone sufficient" to warrant disqualification of the wife's attorney.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
February 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Nassau Lawyer Suspended Over Hiring of Disbarred AttorneyDean Gary Weber, a Westbury solo bankruptcy attorney, has been suspended for two years for hiring an "old law school friend" who had been disbarred and letting him practice under an assumed name.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
February 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal
'Aid-in-Dying' Suit Attempts to Prevent Physician ProsecutionsAttorneys for a group of terminally ill patients have sued the state attorney general and several district attorneys in an effort to prevent the prosecution of physicians who provide assistance in dying to terminally ill, mentally competent patients.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
February 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal
'Aid-in-Dying' Suit Attempts to Prevent Physician ProsecutionsAttorneys for a group of terminally ill patients have sued the state attorney general and several district attorneys in an effort to prevent the prosecution of physicians who provide assistance in dying to terminally ill, mentally competent patients.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read