Andrew Denney

July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The lawsuit is apparently the first time a claim brought under the local law has survived a motion to dismiss, attorneys and observers say.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

According to a news release from the Brooklyn DA, in June, the office pursued criminal charges in 29 cases of low-level marijuana possession and smoking in public, down from 349 in January.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Katz, who is presiding over the case, commended the couple for working out custody issues regarding their five children.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

July 25, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The court system has implemented a rule encouraging litigants to move for instant trials or evidentiary hearings in the early stages of a case when threshold matters arise.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

An attorney for a Bronx state judge who was stripped of his caseload and his chambers last week for refusing a new assignment to a Domestic Violence Part said court system officials were hasty and heavy-handed in dealing with his client's case.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A carve-out in a state law passed this year as an amendment to the state education budget that exempts ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools from meeting minimum educational standards violates the establishment clause of the Constitution, an advocacy group alleges in a suit filed on Monday.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge found that a group of anti-abortion protesters who keep a regular presence outside the front door of a clinic in Queens did not run afoul of federal and state statutes intended to protect access to clinics.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Bronx Supreme Court Justice Armando Montano had presided over felony criminal cases and pretrial hearings and was reassigned to the Integrated Domestic Violence court, which operates under a “one judge, one family” policy.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

July 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Technology-assisted review is nothing new to most practitioners in the Commercial Division, one attorney said, but he added that it is "revolutionary" for the court to adopt a rule encouraging its use.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Queens lawyer who promoted his law firm on signs attached to buildings he owns through corporate entities cannot sidestep New York City's permit requirements for outdoor advertising, even though he was selling his own services on the signs, the majority on a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read