Andrew Denney

July 11, 2018 | New York Law Journal

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to make arrests at New York state courthouses, the New York City Bar Association is calling on Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to use her authority to keep New York courthouses from being a preferred destination for agents to round up immigrants.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

July 10, 2018 | New York Law Journal

An state appellate panel in Manhattan said a federal court's findings “constitute uncontroverted evidence of serious professional misconduct which immediately threatens the public interest.”

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Queens Family Court Judge John Hunt said that an “overburdened” Family Court could benefit from state lawmakers taking another look at provisions of the Family Court Act, a 45-year-old statute that was amended a decade ago to allow partners in intimate relationships to seek orders of protection in Family Court.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The former personal driver for President Donald Trump, who is now chauffeured by the Secret Service, alleges in a lawsuit filed Monday that his former boss stiffed him on overtime pay and that, despite Trump's wealth, he hasn't gotten a raise in 12 years.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Weinstein has been hit with one count of first-degree criminal sexual act and two counts of predatory sexual assault, which relate to conduct from 2006 and involve a victim who is as yet unnamed.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 06, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Cohen has reportedly hired Lanny Davis, a Washington-based attorney and public relations expert who worked as special counsel to President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 05, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Faulting himself and fellow trial judges for treating defendants on supervised released with a heavy hand for smoking marijuana, U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein said he would eschew sending violators to jail solely for using the substance.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Queens judge took Bank of America to task for failing to file a required affidavit in a foreclosure case, but said the bank is not alone in this regard—there is a “pattern of persistent neglect” among foreclosure plaintiffs in prosecuting their cases, the judge said.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The ruling by acting Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Alexander Tisch, which was published last week, is the second time in recent weeks that a judge has upbraided city lawyers for discovery issues.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 02, 2018 | The Recorder

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein faces new sex assault charges in Manhattan, including two charges of predatory sexual assault which carry a sentence of 10 years in prison to a maximum life sentence.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read