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Andrew Denney

Andrew Denney

Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime

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October 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Contempt Indictment Dismissed Against Defendant Who Appeared In Kangaroo Costume

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

October 18, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Justices Need Not Have Experience as Trial Judges

It is true that justices also have the more routine role in many cases of deciding whether trial judges abused their discretion or made clearly erroneous findings of fact. But trial lawyers too have lots of experience on that subject on the other side of the bench.

By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board

4 minute read

October 18, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Youth Shelter Must Furnish Video Evidence to DA for Slashing Investigation

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

October 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Justice Suffers Without Pay Parity for New York's Judges

Members of the bench are counted upon to do what is perhaps our state's most important work, while they are compensated at a rate that increasingly lags behind other states.

By David Scher

5 minute read

October 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Plaintiff's Effort to Garnish MTA Train Operator's Wages Amounts to 'Legal Chutzpah'

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

October 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Criminal Court Rulings Lack Jurisdiction in Supreme Court on Double Jeopardy Grounds

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

October 12, 2023 | New York Law Journal

50 Years and Counting: New York City Housing Court Reaches the Half-Century Mark

New York City's Housing Court was created by statute in 1973 to alleviate the vast number of landlord-tenant matters that were overburdening the Civil Court. Without its existence, the Civil Court would have collapsed under its own weight of cases

By George M. Heymann

8 minute read

October 11, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Prominent Plaintiff-Side Wrongful-Conviction Firm Sharpens Leadership Picture With Addition of 2 Name Partners

The name change comes as the 15-attorney firm prepares to hang its sign at a different address. Next spring, it will move from its longtime home in Manhattan's Tribeca to a new office in the West Village at 200 Varick St.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

October 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Cultural Awareness in Domestic Violence

It's difficult for any person to pursue a domestic violence case against a spouse or partner, partially because of the psychological coercion the abuser utilizes, but especially so for a woman from a culture with deep-rooted beliefs about corporal punishment in the marital relationship.

By Lisa M. Fisher and Tatiana N. Coffinger

5 minute read

October 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Oil Spill Complaint Is Denied Dismissal; Claims Not Shown Untimely Under Three-Year Period

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors. 

By ALM Staff

2 minute read