April 09, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Eastern District RoundupHarvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, write that Judge Nina Gershon permanently enjoined the defunding of ACORN as a Bill of Attainder, while Judge Jack B. Weinstein held that the Adam Walsh Act's requirement of electronic monitoring was unconstitutional as applied to a particular defendant now awaiting trial on charges of receipt and possession of child pornography.
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan
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February 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Sentencing, Cell Phone Records, Rule 11 Sanctions, BankruptcyIn this month's Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, analyze decisions handed down recently regarding bail continuation, bad-faith litigation and a denial of a motion for leave to file an interlocutory appeal from a bankruptcy court decision.
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan
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July 14, 2006 | New York Law Journal
Eastern District RoundupHarvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan, partners at Schlam Stone & Dolan, report on several significant decisions handed down recently in the Eastern District, including one giving claimants in a quasi-class action a 40-day deadline to submit properly documented claim forms, and another using the All Writs Act to prevent improper interference with a court-appointed monitor whose term had expired.
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan
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August 08, 2002 | New York Law Journal
Eastern District RoundupT HIS COLUMN reports on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In the context of a sua sponte recusal, Judge Jack B. Weinstein discussed the traditional adversarial method and the newer "staff method" of dealing with pro se collateral attacks on state court convictions. Judge Raymond J. Dearie ruled on a variety of issues relating to the practice of the Taxi and Limousine Commission in suspending taxi licenses under
By Peter R. Schlam And Harvey M. Stone
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