Andrew Denney

October 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A suspended Westchester County judge who suffers from obesity and other ailments and who has limited mobility has filed suit against the state court system, alleging that court employees subjected her to discriminatory and humiliating treatment for her disabilities.

By Andrew Denney

7 minute read

October 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A panel from the Appellate Division, Second Department issued a unanimous ruling to kick judicial candidates Anthony Catalano and Orlando Marrazzo Jr. off the Democratic Party line, reversing a ruling by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Alan Marin.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

October 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

In the span of less than a week, the case against Weinstein lost one of three accusers after it was revealed that the New York City Police Department detective leading the investigation didn't turn over witness testimony that contradicted the accuser's allegations that Weinstein assaulted her in 2004.

By Andrew Denney

7 minute read

October 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Members of the panel at oral argument questioned the breadth of a state court's authority if it did have jurisdiction over a sitting president, going so far as to consider if it could hold the president in contempt.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

October 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The ruling is both a win for property owners across the city who own the nearly 1,800 units used to shelter the homeless, and a blow for legal service providers who are fighting to establish tenant rights for thousands of cluster-site residents.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

October 16, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Whether a former contestant on "The Apprentice" will have to wait until President Donald Trump is out of office to hale him in to court in her defamation lawsuit is expected to be the central issue before a Manhattan appeals court on Thursday afternoon when it is set to hear arguments in the case.

By Andrew Denney

7 minute read

October 15, 2018 | New York Law Journal

After a five-week trial and 23 total hours of deliberations spread over four days, a jury of 11 found against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds on claims of defective design, fraud failure to adequately warn and in favor of the family of the late Louis Summerlin, a longtime smoker who worked for years as an automotive brake mechanic.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

October 12, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Tenants of a Brooklyn building who say that Jared Kushner's real estate companies overcharged them on their rent may proceed with a proposed class action suit against entities that were controlled by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, a state court judge found.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

October 11, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Weinstein's defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman told the court he will soon move to dismiss the entire complaint, but a Manhattan ADA said the case would move "full steam ahead." The disgraced mogul is still facing five sexual-offense counts.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

October 10, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Sayfullo Saipov faces 22 counts for allegedly mowing down pedestrians and cyclists with a rented Home Depot truck in an Oct. 31, 2017, attack on a popular bike path that runs along the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read