Andrew Denney

February 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has dismissed a suit filed by plaintiffs who brought a constitutional challenge against the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's classification of marijuana as a Schedule I drug, finding that they had not exhausted administrative remedies.

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2 minute read

February 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A federal jury on Feb. 23 returned a defense verdict in favor of several New York City police officers who were sued by a man who says he was wrongfully arrested for felony drug possession, foreclosing what the plaintiff's attorney had seen as an opportunity to bring alleged overtime abuses in the department to light.

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4 minute read

February 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Long Island law firm that is representing a matrimonial defendant and which hired an associate who previously worked on the case on the plaintiff's behalf is fighting a judge's ruling to disqualify it from the case for a conflict of interest.

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February 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli lost his bid on Friday to vacate one of his three felony securities fraud convictions while his legal team presented arguments to push back against the government's efforts to seize more than $7.3 million of Shkreli's assets.

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4 minute read

February 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal

On Thursday, as former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano prepares to stand trial within the coming weeks on corruption charges, federal authorities unsealed an indictment alleging that Mangano's former chief deputy lied to the FBI about taking money from a contractor.

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February 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal

New York tax attorney Steven Etkind has been indicted on four federal counts for allegedly embezzling more than $3.5 million from a client's estate that had been intended for investment into charitable trusts.

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2 minute read

February 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Legal challenges are continuing to pile up against casino mogul Steve Wynn, who has been hit with a new proposed class action suit in New York filed…

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3 minute read

February 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A trial was begun Tuesday in Judge Jack Weinstein's Brooklyn federal court over a civil rights case brought by a man who alleged the New York City Police Department has failed to stop a practice known as “collars for dollars,” in which officers make false arrests near the end of their shifts to pocket extra overtime pay.

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4 minute read

February 16, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A man locked in bitter divorce proceedings with a tobacco heiress was caught bugging his wife's phone and listening in to her conversations with…

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2 minute read

February 16, 2018 | New York Law Journal

As members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's team engage in talks with New York City Council members about improving the city's public housing stock, the city is also fighting numerous legal battles with public housing residents suing over lead paint.

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