Colby Hamilton

May 23, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Federal authorities in Manhattan say the bank CEO attempted to extend $16 million in loans to Manafort in exchange for help securing a high-profile spot in the new administration.

By Colby Hamilton

5 minute read

May 22, 2019 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos said precedent clearly provided Congress with the power to conduct the kind of investigation—subpoenas of bank records and all—it is currently undertaking of the president.

By Colby Hamilton

1 minute read

May 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos said precedent clearly provided Congress with the power to conduct the kind of investigation—subpoenas of bank records and all—it is currently undertaking of the president.

By Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

May 22, 2019 | Litigation Daily

U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos said precedent clearly provided Congress with the power to conduct the kind of investigation—subpoenas of bank records and all—it is currently undertaking of the president.

By Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

May 21, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In the absence of rules created following the passage of a 2012 law, city officials relied for years on internal rules for how to handle the revoking of parole for those in the juvenile justice system.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

May 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The panel found U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer misinterpreted the reading of a state law when he dismissed the attorney misconduct complaint against the law firm Kane Kessler.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

May 16, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The First Department panel found the judge overseeing the Weinstein criminal trial had sufficient reason to close the evidence hearing to the public in April.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

May 16, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Federal immigration officials now believe that more than 6,500 young, at-risk immigrants were denied special protected status after 2018 because of a policy change in how the Department of Homeland Security interpreted orders from New York State family courts when evaluating individual cases.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

May 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors claim Legal Aid is conflicted because its attorneys represented a defendant facing high-profile murder charges and a possible witness at the same time. The public defenders say the DA's office failed to alert the court to the connected cases and that the witness now has new, separate counsel.

By Colby Hamilton

5 minute read

May 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Following a summary judgment in their favor in March, disability advocates are now pushing for a systemwide decision to force the transit agency to honor federal access requirements.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read