Harvey M Stone

September 14, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge I. Leo Glasser granted a motion to unseal the docket sheet in an old criminal case, Judge Jack Weinstein held that "No Limit Texas Hold'em" poker is not "gambling" for purposes of the Illegal Gambling Business Act, and discuss other cases.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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May 11, 2007 | Law.com

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write a complaint seeking damages and an injunction relating to uncorrected errors in presentence and criminal-history reports was upheld. Also, deficiencies were in a debt-collection letter because it could suggest that the right to request validation is outweighed by the demand for payment, and more.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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May 10, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Dora L. Irizarry, largely denying the parties' motions for summary judgment, found triable issues of fact that could establish the civil liability of defendant Credit Lyonnais under the Antiterrorism Act of 1992 and three other judges ruled in cases involving government entitites.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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February 08, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Schlam Stone & Dolan partners Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan review recent decisions that granted the government's motion in a criminal case against three members of the Gambino organized crime family to empanel an anonymous and partially sequestered jury, denied a Jewish student's motion to dismiss claims of discriminatory harassment under section 1983 against the school that did not prevent bullying, and more.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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July 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam, Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Jack Weinstein dismissed a father's §1983 claims relating to the conduct of the New York City Administration for Children's Services, and Judge Frederic Block rejected the government's defense of sovereign immunity where plaintiff claimed false arrest/false imprisonment in connection with his detention by immigration officials.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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April 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, anaylyze, among other cases, a three-judge Eastern District panel's order that the governor and various legislators implement a congressional redistricting plan that the court felt obligated to draw up in the face of defendants' delay in issuing their own plan, and Judge Joseph F. Bianco's grant of the government's motion to transfer defendant to district court for prosecution as an adult.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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December 10, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In this month's Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan of Schlam Stone & Dolan discuss recent cases, including a bankruptcy trustee's request to recover assets from the debtor's family members and a summary judgment motion in a Jones Act case where the plaintiff claimed injury due to the unseaworthiness of the vessel.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

11 minute read

November 09, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, report on recent Eastern District cases, including one where Judge Frederic Block dealt with a range of issues relating to seniority benefits for minorities hired as custodians by the Board of Education and another in which Judge Spatt denied a motion by defendant, as the prevailing party, to require plaintiff to pay the costs of the trial transcript and several deposition transcripts.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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March 12, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, discuss recent decisions in which Judge Spatt ruled on defendants' motion for summary judgment in a §1983 action challenging the propriety of plaintiff's arrest, Judge Dearie held that the Church Amendment gave no private right of action to a nurse who refused to participate in abortion procedures, and more.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

9 minute read

August 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan of Schlam Stone & Dolan review recent decisions involving the consideration in an illegal entry sentencing of convictions that would be stale on the date of discovery but not when defendant entered the country, proof of loss causation in the government's request for restitution, age discrimination, and vicarious liability under respondeat superior for a private entity based on conduct of an employee acting as a certified peace officer.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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