Andrew Denney

June 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A charity with an ownership stake in a 36-story building in Manhattan and several other properties served as a front for the Iranian government, moving money at its behest in violation of U.S. sanctions, a federal judge ruled on Thursday following a trial of roughly five weeks.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

June 29, 2017 | Daily Business Review

In Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times the former vice presidential candidate and conservative firebrand has hired two lawyers who know something about cases in which high-profile plaintiffs go up against media businesses.

By ANDREW DENNEY

3 minute read

June 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In opening arguments for the securities fraud trial for pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, his attorney called on jurors to keep an “open mind” to weigh accusations against a defendant that they may find detestable.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

June 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times the former vice presidential candidate and conservative firebrand has hired two lawyers who know something about cases in which high-profile plaintiffs go up against media businesses.

By Andrew Denney

7 minute read

June 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in "Roe v. Wade" to overturn state abortion bans and the Watergate scandal was in full swing. Meanwhile, a case that attracted far less public attention began in the Southern District. A class action was filed on behalf of minority persons seeking training in jobs in the New York construction industry, which at the time had a well-documented history of racial discrimination.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

June 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The second day of what at times appeared to provide catharsis for prospective jurors against pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli ended on Tuesday without a jury in the securities fraud case.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

June 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The securities fraud trial against pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli got off to a rough start for the so-called Pharma Bro on Monday after the judge in the case granted the prosecutors' motion to preclude arguments that he did not intend to defraud investors.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

June 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Under the plain language of New York's third-degree forgery statute, many of President Donald Trump's Twitter followers, the author of the Federalist Papers and others who have used pseudonyms could be prosecuted, an attorney for blogger and disbarred lawyer Raphael Golb argued Friday before a federal appeals court. Such a broad reading would be unworkable, even absurd, attorney Ronald Kuby said in argument to a federal appeals panel.

By Andrew Denney

9 minute read

June 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Preet Bharara may address the circumstances surrounding his March ouster as Southern District U.S. attorney, as well as the loftier topics of "integrity, leadership, decision making, and moral reasoning" in an as-yet-unnamed book set to be released in early 2019.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

June 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Second Department agreed that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has a compelling interest to prevent practicing medicine without a license or other fraudulent or illegal acts, but said that the subpoenas needed to be more narrowly tailored to avoid infringing on the right of freedom of association of a group that runs anti-abortion medical centers.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read