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September 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Three retired New York City police detectives filed a class action lawsuit against the department and two high-ranking police officials Monday, claiming systemic racial discrimination blocked them from rightful promotions in an elite intelligence unit.

By B. Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

September 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York granted Monday motions to dismiss claims that some of the world's biggest banks manipulated the London Interbank Offered Rate pegged to the Swiss Franc over a 10-year period ending in 2011.

By B. Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

September 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The same day a motion to dismiss was filed in the Fox News defamation suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, attorneys for one of the defendants, Fox Business contributor Ed Butowsky, leveled a Rule 11 sanctions motion against Rod Wheeler and his attorneys at Wigdor LLP.

By B. Colby Hamilton

6 minute read

September 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys for Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison can't recover costs for sitting through parts of the criminal trial of former Duane Reade CEO Anthony Cuti, a Second Circuit panel said in a summary order Thursday.

By B. Colby Hamilton

23 minute read

September 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn-based trader was charged with securities violations Thursday for allegedly running a bitcoin Ponzi scheme, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Thursday.

By B. Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

September 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The defendants in the defamation suit by former Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler are dividing their efforts to stop the suit, according to filings this week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

By B. Colby Hamilton

10 minute read

September 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In what it termed "a close call," the Second Circuit allowed a defamation suit over the now-debunked 2014 article that detailed an alleged gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity. The panel reversed the majority of the district court's dismissal and remanded the case for further proceedings.

By B. Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

September 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The suit is the most recent affected by the Spokeo ruling, here focused on the bare procedural claims under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003.

By B. Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

September 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The author of the award-winning novel "The Art of Fielding" is accused of pilfering substantial elements of an unpublished novel by a former Division III college baseball player, according to a copyright infringement suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

By B. Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

September 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty has, over the eight-year life span of a securities suit against Barclays, continued to whittle down the claimants and claims against the bank. On Wednesday, he succeeded in getting rid of the last one.

By B. Colby Hamilton

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