Andrew Denney

July 31, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn appellate court found that if sex offenders want to waive a jury trial to determine whether they should be civilly confined, the waiver must be subject to an on-the-record colloquy.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

An Eastern District judge failed to explain in open court why she sentenced a sex offender who violated his parole to a prison term greater than the recommended sentencing guidelines, an appellate court ruled in an order for resentencing.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The founder of civil litigation boutique Susman Godfrey has given $2 million to the New York University School of Law to study the decline of the civil jury trial in American jurisprudence.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

An Eastern District judge failed to explain in open court why she sentenced a sex offender who violated his parole to a prison term greater than the recommended sentencing guidelines, an appellate court ruled in an order for resentencing.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

July 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The founder of civil litigation boutique Susman Godfrey has given $2 million to the New York University School of Law to study the decline of the civil jury trial in American jurisprudence.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Following a general decline in law school admissions, the number of aspiring attorneys expected to take the New York's July bar examination on Tuesday and Wednesday is slightly smaller than in 2014.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Following a general decline in law school admissions, the number of aspiring attorneys expected to take the New York's July bar examination on Tuesday and Wednesday is slightly smaller than in 2014.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Second Department ruled the trial court should not have reasoned that sentencing Luis Cesar to probation would present an "ethical problem" because Cesar is an undocumented immigrant and "condition number one of any sentence of probation is not to violate any laws."

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Second Department ruled the trial court should not have reasoned that sentencing Luis Cesar to probation would present an "ethical problem" because Cesar is an undocumented immigrant and "condition number one of any sentence of probation is not to violate any laws."

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

July 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

New York City and the attorneys for the Central Park Five have reached an agreement to release a large cache of discovery documents from the criminal case against five men originally convicted of beating and sexually assaulting Patricia Meili in 1989 and their subsequent civil suit against the city.

By Andrew Denney

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