Harvey M Stone

April 10, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Joanna Seybert rejected a defense of claim preclusion flowing from a prior settlement in a similar case, while Judge Arthur D. Spatt denied summary judgment motions by two police officers asserting qualified immunity as a defense to �1983 claims resulting from a fatal shooting, and also analyzes other recent decisions of note.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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January 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Arthur D. Spatt, over plaintiff's objections, recently enforced a settlement agreement and that Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak preliminarily approved a class action settlement in a case involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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January 13, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, review recent U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York decisions, including the certification of three classes of drivers who had been stopped by Village of Belle Terre employees in an alleged RICO scheme to collect traffic fines and the denial of a habeas petition as the trial judge's refusal to give a missing witness charge was found not to be an abuse of discretion.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

9 minute read

March 14, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Jack B. Weinstein raised pointed questions about the wisdom of pursuing the death penalty in a pending case, while Judge Arthur D. Spatt found defendants' claim of juror misconduct insufficient to justify a new trial, among other decisions of note.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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May 09, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, analyze recent cases covering identity theft, labor disputes and the travails of an interstate traveller packing a gun post-9/11, along with other noteworthy decisions.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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August 10, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, report on recent significant decisions that denied summary judgment with respect to hostile work environment claims by an Indian transit worker, allowed the addition of a statutory aggravating factor to a death penalty notice, and gave a plaintiff one last chance to effect service of the complaint on defendant in Chile.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

11 minute read

October 08, 2010 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup column, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam, Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Arthur D. Spatt vacated a Nassau County conviction for "depraved indifference" murder, while Judge John Gleeson found the Montreal Convention applicable to plaintiff's claims of injury caused by personnel at the Frankfurt Airport.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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May 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, discuss Judge Cogan's disqualification of an attorney from representing an alleged member of the Colombo crime family because of "unwaivable" conflicts of interest, Judge Weinstein's wide-ranging review of the legal landscape concerning the educational establishment's liability for inadequate responses to bullying, and more.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

9 minute read

January 11, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Joseph F. Bianco recently granted habeas relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel, while in a child pornography case, Judge Joan M. Azrack rejected defendant's claim that the government's conditions regarding access to a copy of his computer hard drive were unconstitutional.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

11 minute read

June 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan of Schlam Stone & Dolan review a grant of habeas relief after defense counsel's failure to give notice of alibi witnesses, a remand to state court of an action involving a licensing agreement for patented technology, the issuing of a preliminary injunction prohibiting the National Park Service and other defendants from acting pursuant to improper revisions to the boundary map for a park on the Brooklyn waterfront, and more.

By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan

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