Andrew Denney

December 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A lawyer for President Donald Trump argued before a state judge in Manhattan on Tuesday that Trump's denial of accusations by a former contestant on “The Apprentice” that Trump groped her a decade ago—which she had announced publicly a few weeks before the 2016 election—amounted to fiery campaign rhetoric, and could not therefore be construed as defamatory.

By Andrew Denney |

17 minute read

December 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Citing technological issues, New York City officials say the planned release of an online system to pay bail will be postponed until at least April 2018, a year later than originally planned.

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11 minute read

December 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The New York City government has brokered a settlement with fair housing advocates in an 8-year-old case involving proposed housing developments in Brooklyn that a judge said favored white and Hasidic residents over blacks and Hispanics.

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3 minute read

November 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Reza Zarrab explained the terms of his guilty plea to prosecutors as well as a complex scheme to convert Iranian oil and gas revenues through various bank transfers and gold sales.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read

November 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Turkish gold trader who pleaded guilty to evading U.S. sanctions is set on Wednesday to take the stand as a prosecution witness in the trial for his co-defendant.

By Andrew Denney |

5 minute read

November 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A jury in Manhattan awarded $4.4 million to a former shipmate whose aspirations of becoming a captain were dashed after a shoulder injury made her permanently unfit for sea duty.

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2 minute read

November 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In its case against the man accused of the Oct. 31 truck attack in Lower Manhattan that left eight people dead, prosecutors are drawing strong links between the defendant and the so-called Islamic State and bringing charges against him that are more often seen in cases involving domestic criminal enterprises.

By Andrew Denney |

11 minute read

November 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Sayfullo Saipov, who allegedly mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a popular Lower Manhattan bike path on Halloween as part of an apparent terrorist attack, which killed eight people and injured 12, has been formally indicted on charges of murder in aid of racketeering.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read

November 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York has added 21 more counts to its corruption indictment against Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano and the former top elected official of a Long Island municipality in a kickback scheme involving a local restauranteur.

By Andrew Denney |

7 minute read

November 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

With voir dire in the trial against a Turkish businessman accused of circumventing U.S. sanctions on Iran set to begin next week in Manhattan, and with rhetoric from Turkish officials intensifying, the judge in the case said officials would be more helpful to the defense team to produce witnesses than to attack prosecutors through the press.

By Andrew Denney |

4 minute read