Andrew Denney

August 16, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A New York Times editorial that Sarah Palin said linked her to a 2011 mass shooting was intended to communicate that the incident was a product of a charged political atmosphere, not that it was caused directly by the former Alaska governor's rhetoric, the editor of the Times' editorial page said on Wednesday.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

August 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that Costco must cough up more than $19 million for selling rings under the luxury jewelry maker Tiffany's trademark, which is more than $5 million over the jury award—in profits and punitive damages—in the case handed up last year.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

August 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Milton Mollen, a World War II veteran, a former presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second Department, and chair of a historic committee that uncovered vast corruption within the New York City Police Department, has died.

By Jason Grant and Andrew Denney

8 minute read

August 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In the impending trial for a man accused of planting bombs in New York City and New Jersey, prosecutors will not be able to submit evidence related to the defendant's alleged shootout with and flight from Linden, New Jersey police.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

August 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An attorney for more than 1,200 women who say they were injured by the Mirena intrauterine device argued before a federal appeals court on Monday that their dismissed suit should be revived based on Bayer's own admissions that its device can perforate the uterus.

By Andrew Denney

10 minute read

August 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The refusal by Joseph Conway of LaRusso, Conway & Bartling to file an appeal for his client was "inexcusable as a matter of ethics and professionalism," the judge ruled.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

August 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Guzman's private counsel are reluctant to formally appear in the case without a guarantee the government won't pursue forfeiture of their attorney fees.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

August 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As Mayor Bill de Blasio prepares to sign a bill to ensure that all tenants in housing court have legal counsel, several other cities are moving forward with their own programs to provide poor litigants in civil cases with legal assistance.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

August 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In granting a motion to dismiss, Eastern District Judge Margo Brodie said the plaintiffs failed to show a "concrete and particularized" injury from Port Authority's failure to provide on-the-job training or by the entity's efforts to adhere to quotas that are conditions of federal grants.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

August 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In addition to possible appointments for U.S. Attorney for New York's Eastern and Southern Districts, President Donald Trump is also considering a list of nominees to fill nine vacancies on the federal bench in New York, according to media reports.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read