Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
August 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Airbnb Turns to Kaplan in Bid to Overturn NYC Law Demanding Host InfoIn Airbnb Inc.'s new lawsuit against the New York City government over its law requiring disclosure of hosts offering up rooms for rent in the city, the company has once again enlisted the legal firepower of Roberta Kaplan, a star litigator well-known for her civil rights work.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
August 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Oyster Bay Town Attorney Says He's a Political Target in Clawback SuitCounsel for the former town attorney for Oyster Bay, who is the target of a legal malpractice suit the town filed last week seeking to claw back his salary, said his client is being unfairly targeted for testifying against his ex-boss in a corruption case.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
August 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal
CFTC Wins Enforcement Action Against Alleged Virtual Currency ScammerThe decision by U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York gave the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission one of its first trial wins in its aggressive approach to crack down on virtual currency fraud.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
August 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Absence of Cooperation Agreement for Michael Cohen Doesn't Mean He Won't Help Gov't, Observers SayCohen pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to eight counts, including five counts of tax evasion for lying about his income each year from 2012 to 2016 and one count of making false statements to a lending institution for failing to report $14 million in liabilities related to his taxi medallion business on an application for a home equity line of credit.
By Andrew Denney
7 minute read
August 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Michael Cohen Admits to Making Payments to Silence Women With Damaging Information on TrumpMichael Cohen admitted making a $130,000 payment to Stephanie Clifford, known as Stormy Daniels, to silence her about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump.
By Andrew Denney | Christine Simmons
6 minute read
August 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Protesters Alleging Assault by Trump Security Team Can Proceed With LawsuitThe judge refused to dismiss the protesters' claims that Trump, the Trump Organization and Trump's presidential campaign were vicariously liable for the actions of longtime Trump bodyguard Keith Schiller and other guards.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
August 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Judge Finds Reasons to Doubt Validity of Brooklyn DA's Will, Vacates DecreeA Surrogate's Court judge vacated a probate decree for the hotly contested will of the late Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, which cut Thompson's relatives out of the estate and left everything to his wife and children, finding that there are reasons to doubt the validity of the will.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
August 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Greebel's Sentence Far Shorter Than Govt's RecommendationIf former Big Law partner Evan Greebel serves his full prison sentence, he'll still be out years before his infamous former client, Martin Shkreli.
By Christine Simmons | Andrew Denney
6 minute read
August 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Big Law Partner Gets 18 Months in Prison for Stock Fraud SchemeEvan Greebel, a former partner at Kaye Scholer and Katten Muchin Rosenman, is headed to prison after working with disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to defraud investors.
By Andrew Denney | Christine Simmons
6 minute read
August 17, 2018 | Litigation Daily
Ex-Big Law Partner Greebel Gets 18 Months in Prison for Shkreli Fraud SchemeEvan Greebel, a former partner at Kaye Scholer and Katten Muchin Rosenman, is headed to prison after working with disgraced pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli to defraud investors.
By Andrew Denney
6 minute read