Andrew Denney

May 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

"The court declines to accept the defendant's assertion that the parties are required to continue the use of the identification 'Trump' in perpetuity," Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Eileen Bransten said, according to media reports.

By Andrew Denney |

2 minute read

May 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Perhaps it's best for a judge under the microscope for allegedly abusing lawyers and witnesses not to express belligerence toward the investigative process.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read

May 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Sergey Aleynikov's loss at the Court of Appeals is the latest development in a legal odyssey that began in 2009, when the computer engineer left Goldman Sachs to work for a startup that offered to triple Aleynikov's salary at Goldman to $1.2 million.

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4 minute read

May 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Judge Paul Feinman said that compensatory damages for plaintiffs in trade secret cases must be based on how much the plaintiffs lose, not on an infringer's avoided development costs.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read

May 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan state court judge has awarded $24 million to a landlord in a lease dispute with a commercial tenant who switched lawyers four times over 16 months of litigation and upbraided the tenant for apparently trying to delay the case with numerous bankruptcy filings.

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5 minute read

May 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

On Monday, the City Bar said it was joining with more than 30 groups aiming to rescind Civil Rights Law 50-a, which exempts police personnel files from disclosure under the state's Freedom of Information Law and which, critics contend, has been applied more broadly than the Legislature intended under the measure.

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3 minute read

May 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Want to bring a no-fault claim against a self-insured entity such as the New York City Transit Authority? The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that you have a three-year window to do so, settling an issue that has divided lower and appellate courts and even the high court itself.

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3 minute read

May 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Emails between Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and an outside consultant not employed by the city are not exempt from New York's open records law, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday, affirming a ruling last year by a lower court and granting attorneys fees to the plaintiffs.

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4 minute read

April 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A whistleblower who exposed doping by Russian athletes who competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and who was hit with a libel lawsuit is punching back through the courts with claims of his own, accusing the Russian billionaire who owns the Brooklyn Nets National Basketball Association franchise of trying to silence him.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read

April 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Bar Association has joined a chorus of groups calling on elected officials in Albany to repeal a state law that shields records related to police misconduct, which critics say has helped fuel distrust in police.

By Andrew Denney |

5 minute read