Andrew Denney

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Melanie Leslie will become the new dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, the first woman and the first Cardozo graduate to fill that role. She is currently vice dean and a law professor at Cardozo, where she has taught since 1995.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A trial court erred by not granting a defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through a "showup" identification, in which a criminal suspect is presented in person to a victim or witness of a crime, an appellate court said in ordering a new trial.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A trial court erred by not granting a defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through a "showup" identification, in which a criminal suspect is presented in person to a victim or witness of a crime, an appellate court said in ordering a new trial.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A 2013 amendment to New York City's indoor smoking ban to bar e-cigarette use, or "vaping," does not violate the single-subject rule contained within the state Constitution, a Manhattan judge concluded in a suit filed by smokers' advocates against the city.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

District attorneys for Bronx and Staten Island say that New York City's move to close morgues in those boroughs may negatively impact law enforcement and families of the deceased.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A 2013 amendment to New York City's indoor smoking ban to bar e-cigarette use, or "vaping," does not violate the single-subject rule contained within the state Constitution, a Manhattan judge concluded in a suit filed by smokers' advocates against the city.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal

District attorneys for Bronx and Staten Island say that New York City's move to close morgues in those boroughs may negatively impact law enforcement and families of the deceased.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Queens Family Court should have allowed an incarcerated man to take a paternity test to determine if he is a child's father before taking away his parental rights on abandonment grounds, an appellate court ruled.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Prominent bankruptcy attorney Richard Levin, a primary author of the 1978 U.S. Bankruptcy Code, is leaving Cravath, Swaine & Moore after nearly eight years. Levin, 64, said he is leaving Cravath because of its mandatory retirement age of 65.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Queens Family Court should have allowed an incarcerated man to take a paternity test to determine if he is a child's father before taking away his parental rights on abandonment grounds, an appellate court ruled.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read