Colby Hamilton

February 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Reports on Friday suggest Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance sees a way around state double jeopardy rules that could imperil new criminal charges against Paul Manafort, even as lawmakers and former AG aides continue to raise concerns.

By Colby Hamilton | Dan M. Clark

7 minute read

February 22, 2019 | Litigation Daily

Reports on Friday suggest Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance sees a way around state double jeopardy rules that could imperil new criminal charges against Paul Manafort, even as lawmakers and former AG aides continue to raise concerns.

By Colby Hamilton

7 minute read

February 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The former federal prosecutor will oversee the implementation of the settlement reached last month between New York City, HUD, and the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

February 21, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The appellate panel only narrowly trimmed Aminata Kromah's award down to $10.4 million after a Bronx jury in 2017 found property managers failed to keep stairs in their building in proper condition.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

February 21, 2019 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed the FTC and New York AG suit in September 2017. A Second Circuit panel Thursday reversed and remanded, finding the claims were plausible enough for the case to proceed.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

February 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Despite offering its sympathies to the appellants, the Second Circuit panel said the racketeering and other claims by developer NRP Group were rightly dismissed by the district court.

By Colby Hamilton

3 minute read

February 20, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The wrongful conviction exoneration group says the federally-run National Museum of Health and Medicine violated its First Amendment rights by denying it access to the archives of a prominent national odontology group that in the past promoted the now-controversial forensic bite mark analysis.

By Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

February 19, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Citing a circuit split, the petitioners argue the Manhattan appellate court is out of sync with recent SCOTUS decisions in upholding the prosecutor and police policies on the knives.

By Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

February 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The panel agreed with the district court that the U.S. Supreme Court's limiting of federal courts' ability to intervene in their sister state courts meant the federal venue was improper for a dispute over state surrogate's courts procedures.

By Colby Hamilton

4 minute read

February 15, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The panel found the negatives outweighed rectifying an Indiana district court's error sending a breach-of-contract case to New York for lack of personal jurisdiction.

By Colby Hamilton

6 minute read