B Colby Hamilton

September 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Sports radio personality Craig Carton, co-host of WFAN's "Boomer and Carton in the Morning," was arrested Wednesday over allegations he misled investors in a ticket selling business in order to resolve gambling debts.

By B. Colby Hamilton

2 minute read

September 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The decision in 'Stender v. Archstone-Smith Operating Trust' by U.S. District Judge William Martinez of the District of Colorado granting summary judgment to dismiss the class action is, on its face, a relatively straightforward contract case. It's only once the full context of the $1 billion action is known that the scope of the litigation becomes appreciable. Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Jonathan Polkes, co-chair of the firm's global litigation department, appreciates the context.

By B. Colby Hamilton

16 minute read

September 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it, too, was dropping its case against Wall Street financier Benjamin Wey, in the face of a sweeping evidence suppression order in the criminal suit against Wey.

By B. Colby Hamilton

5 minute read

August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Second Circuit found Thursday that the New York high court's narrowing of state criminal impersonation and fraud statutes required the dismissal of some convictions in 'Golb v. Attorney General of the State of New York'. But that wasn't enough to get a Dead Sea scrolls scholar entirely off the hook for impersonating other scholars in an attempt to embarrass or do their reputations harm for disagreeing with his father's interpretation of the ancient texts.

By B. Colby Hamilton

6 minute read

August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Wells Fargo is accused of potentially "strip[ping] customers" of their constitutional rights by pursuing arbitration, according to a brief filed by plaintiffs in the leading class action suit over forced car insurance by the bank.

By B. Colby Hamilton

2 minute read

August 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Though it had been revived on appeal, a former JetBlue employee again saw her Americans with Disabilities Act suit dismissed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York this week.

By B. Colby Hamilton

7 minute read

August 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The separation between the civilian court system and the U.S. military, repeatedly affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, won't allow a former West Point cadet's attempts to hold superior officers accountable for an on-campus sexual assault to go forward, a split U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel found Wednesday.

By B. Colby Hamilton

5 minute read

August 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs stated up front that he did not believe the two original plaintiffs had standing in the suit seeking to stop an ordinance targeting Latino dayworkers in a Long Island town.

By B. Colby Hamilton

5 minute read

August 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Second Circuit panel Tuesday said it wasn't swayed by arguments hoping to apply a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision limiting excessive forfeitures to a $52.5 million disgorgement won by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

By B. Colby Hamilton

5 minute read

August 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Food delivery service Blue Apron, which has faced significant challenges since the issuance of its initial public offering, is now confronted with another class action suit by an investor over alleged securities violations.

By B. Colby Hamilton

2 minute read