Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
September 19, 2017 | Legaltech News
Investors Jumping Into Legal Fray Over Equifax Data BreachInvestors allege that the agency failed to protect its data systems and thus made false statements in recent financial statements about the soundness of its cybersecurity.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
September 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Investors Jumping Into Legal Fray Over Equifax Data BreachAmong the lawsuits piling up against Equifax Inc. stemming from the massive data breach that put approximately 143 million consumers' data at risk are proposed class actions filed by investors who said the credit reporting agency broke securities laws.
By Andrew Denney
12 minute read
September 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal
How a Lawyer and His Client Endured 5 Trials to Defeat a Murder ChargeQ&A with Glenn Garber, a lawyer who secured an acquittal in a murder case that was being tried for an extraordinary fifth time in Westchester County.
By Andrew Denney
19 minute read
September 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Greenberg's Defamation Case Against Spitzer Can Proceed, Panel FindsEx-American International Group CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg may pursue defamation claims against his longtime foil, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who said that Greenberg was guilty of fraudulent accounting practices, a state appeals court ruled.
By Andrew Denney
9 minute read
September 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal
No Joke: 'Bounty' on Hillary Clinton's Hair Puts Shkreli in Express Lane to PrisonNeither a lack of a history of violence nor the First Amendment could prevent former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, who put up a $5,000 bounty for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair, from getting jailed on Wednesday evening after a federal judge revoked his bail.
By Andrew Denney
6 minute read
September 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Gonzalez Secures Easy Win in Brooklyn DA PrimaryActing Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez won a decisive victory on Tuesday in a six-way Democratic primary, while only one of a slate of five "insurgent" candidates for Brooklyn Civil Court was able to capture a seat on the bench.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
September 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Knicks Star's Complaint Says Ejection From MSG Was Part of Long Feud With Team OwnerThe forcible ejection of former New York Knick Charles Oakley from Madison Square Garden on Feb. 8, which led to his arrest by New York City police, was the culmination of a longrunning feud between the ex-power forward and team owner James Dolan, Oakley alleges in a suit filed Tuesday.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
September 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Second Circuit Weighs Ordering Cravath to Provide Files to Dutch CourtForcing Cravath, Swaine & Moore to hand over documents related to litigation against Royal Dutch Shell to a plaintiff seeking redress in Dutch courts would give rise to "discovery litigation tourism," an attorney for the firm said Tuesday in arguments before a federal appeals court.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
September 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Guardianship Case Files Presumed Open, NY Judge FindsRuling in a case involving a property owner and art collector worth at least tens of millions of dollars, acting Nassau County Judge Gary Knobel said a party did not show good cause for sealing the case records.
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
September 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Famed Westchester Golf Course at Center of Shareholder SuitA Westchester County golf club that counts prominent New York City lawyers and President Donald Trump among its members continues to be a legal battlefield for a suit in which shareholders allege they were misled about the true value of their shares.
By Andrew Denney
12 minute read