Andrew Denney

January 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a former banking executive in Turkey whose co-defendant in an Iran sanctions-busting case became the star witness against him, has been found guilty of five of six counts after a roughly monthlong trial.

By Andrew Denney |

2 minute read

January 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A suit accusing the New York City Fire Department of firing a black woman who previously served as the department's head of its Equal Employment Opportunity office is proceeding to trial.

By Andrew Denney |

2 minute read

December 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Massachusetts-based job recruiter said in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett should cough up more than $937,000 for bringing the firm a high-profile lateral from Sullivan & Cromwell.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

December 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Tara Lenich admitted to obtaining wiretaps by cutting judges' signatures from legitimate documents and pasting them on applications for wiretaps.

By Andrew Denney |

3 minute read

December 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Evan Greebel, a former partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman who was at Kaye Scholer at the time of his arrest, was stone faced as a jury handed up guilty verdicts for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read

December 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A bus driver involved in a gruesome 2011 crash that killed 15 people has been ruled not credible in the ensuing civil litigation.

By Andrew Denney |

5 minute read

December 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has tossed out a suit against President Donald Trump claiming that his vast array of business interests create conflicts of interest under the emoluments clauses of the U.S. Constitution, finding the plaintiffs lack standing to bring the suit.

By Andrew Denney |

5 minute read

December 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A former journalist who pleaded guilty in June to a cyberstalking charge for making bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers as a means of creating chaos in his ex-girlfriend's life has been sentenced to five years in prison.

By Andrew Denney |

2 minute read

December 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An effort by plaintiffs to move a class action suit over alleged contamination at a former defense plant in Nassau County from federal to state court indicates forum shopping, according to a judge's ruling.

By Andrew Denney |

3 minute read

December 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has rejected New York City government lawyers' bid to extinguish a lawsuit over its alleged liability in a road rage incident involving an off-duty corrections officer who chased down two Brooklyn residents in his car and brandished a handgun.

By Andrew Denney |

3 minute read