Jason Grant

January 09, 2023 | New York Law Journal

One clients ended up being ordered deported, and three others had removal proceedings initiated against them before they ended their relationships with the lawyer, said the Appellate Division, First Department court.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

January 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

"Plaintiff did not place his entire medical condition in controversy by suing to recover damages for orthopedic injuries to his shoulders, hands, and right wrist by alleging in the bill of particulars that those injuries are permanent in nature," wrote an Appellate Division, First Department panel.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

January 04, 2023 | Law.com

"Generally speaking, the Sherman Act prohibits monopolizing or unreasonably restraining trade and commerce," wrote the Sixth Circuit panel. "But Congress did not dispatch the Act to cover all actors," and one example of that is labor unions, such as the NBPA, which "Congress broadly exempted them from the Act's prohibitions."

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

January 03, 2023 | New York Law Journal

"Although an attorney representing the executor of an estate, generally, is not liable to the beneficiaries of the estate, as the attorney does not represent the estate itself, when fraud, collusion, malicious acts, or other special circumstances exist, an attorney may be liable to ... for harm caused by professional negligence," the Second Department justices wrote.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

December 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In making apparently related rulings on the deposition testimony of defendant Xin Development Management East's representative Ryan Black, the Appellate Division, First Department court cited successive subsections of New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules, or CPLR, statute.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

December 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal

As part of the lawyer's federal guilty plea, he also admitted to misappropriating $316,699 in client funds from his attorney escrow account during the scheme, according to the Appellate Division, First Department court.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

December 30, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

"If you simply choose to not complete your annual registration or your CLE requirement, you will receive late penalties and ultimately be administratively suspended," the Disciplinary Board said in a posting.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

December 27, 2022 | Law.com

Iowa has made available nominating petitions for those who want their names listed on the election ballot for judicial nominating commissioner positions in four districts, according to the Iowa Bar Association.

By Jason Grant

2 minute read

December 27, 2022 | Law.com

The move "reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral," said Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.

By Jason Grant

2 minute read

December 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In the two months that followed the event, several ex-judges questioned whether the courtroom dedication at 60 Centre Street should have happened at all.

By Jason Grant

10 minute read