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Andrew Denney

Andrew Denney

Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime

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May 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Despite Federal Claims' Dismissal Court Has Supplemental Jurisdiction in Rights Case

Defendants were security officers or juvenile counselors when plaintiffs D.B. and C.P. were juvenile residents of limited secure facility Taberg Center…

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

May 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Ousted Hong Kong Pol Teams Up With Departing Phillips Nizer Partners to Form New Boutique

"I'd been standing strong on human rights," Kwok told the Law Journal. The Chinese government said that "is not bearing allegiance to my oath of office," he said.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

May 02, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A Victim of the April 12 NYC Subway Shooting Seeks to Hold the MTA Liable. Here's Why It Might Be a Longshot.

A personal injury attorney who has faced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in court says he cannot envision the agency being held liable for the attack.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

April 29, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Plaintiff's Qui Tam False Claims Action Against Verizon Survives

Plaintiff brought a qui tam action under the NY False Claims Act (NYFCA), alleging defendant telephone carries systemically under-remitted surcharges…

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

April 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Longtime Legal Aid Attorney Janet Sabel Departing From Organization After Longer-Than-Expected Stint as CEO

Sabel, who previously spent 25 years with the New York City Legal Aid Society, rejoined the organization as CEO and attorney-in-chief in 2019 for what was supposed to be a six-month interim period. Then came a global pandemic.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

April 27, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Pace Law Fetes Bronx District Attorney's Office For 'Prosecutorial Excellence'

On Tuesday, the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University presented Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and her office with the 2022 Robert…

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

April 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Alleged Defamatory Statements Do Not Constitute Personal Opinion

The court's ruling and a summary by the Law Journal's decisions editors can be found here.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

April 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

NYC Mayor, Elected on Tough-on-Crime Platform, Makes Appointments to Judicial Advisory Committee

The mayor has nine of his own appointments to the 19-member Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

April 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

New York Is Turning Its Back on Those Who Need Attorneys the Most

The newly enacted state budget shortchanged some of the poorest and most marginalized New York residents by failing to provide adequate funding for assigned counsel in criminal and family courts.

By Sherry Levin Wallach

5 minute read

April 20, 2022 | New York Law Journal

'He Inspired People': Court of Appeals Hangs Portrait of Late Judge Paul Feinman

Feinman died last year a few months short of serving four years on New York's high court.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read