Andrew Denney

October 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A real estate holding company has lost its bid to challenge the imposition of New York City's real property transfer tax on an ownership stake in the iconic building at 1328 Broadway in Manhattan, known as 2 Herald Square.

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October 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan appeals court said New York City's Department of Social Services may claw back more than $250,000 from a man who was shot during a home invasion and was awarded a $4.3 million settlement in a suit against his property manager.

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October 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys who represented three plaintiffs who recovered less than $7,000 in a wage dispute case against a Bronx restaurant are entitled to more than $30,000 in attorney fees for their work on the case, a federal judge has ruled.

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October 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys who represented three plaintiffs who recovered less than $7,000 in a wage dispute case against a Bronx restaurant are entitled to more than…

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October 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals court has reinstated a contractor's bid for roughly $2.5 million in damages against the entity responsible for building schools in New York City in a case regarding disputes over cost overruns for projects in Brooklyn and Queens.

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October 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The judge cited the lawyer's poor physical and fiscal health in cutting back the proposed $42,000 sanction.

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October 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney's Office are investigating accusations by a Manhattan judge that officers misrepresented the circumstances surrounding the arrest of a protester, an NYPD legal official said Tuesday.

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September 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A jury of three men and three women awarded Morgan Wang, a Brooklyn resident and former Cornell University student, $60 million for future medical expenses, $6 million for future pain and suffering and $5 million for past pain and suffering.

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September 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The New York State and New York City laws prohibiting voters from taking selfies with their completed ballots do not infringe on the selfie takers' First Amendment rights and are crucial for maintaining the integrity of elections, a federal judge ruled in a suit challenging the law.

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September 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

When the New York Court of Appeals issued its landmark 2016 ruling to expand the definition of parenthood to nonmarried ex-partners of biological parents, it left open the question of how such a parent could have standing to seek custody without a preconception agreement. A Long Island trial court has become the first to offer an answer.

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