Jason Grant

June 07, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division, First Department's decision allows a lawsuit to proceed with a claim for retaliatory discharge that has been lodged by a former residency coordinator who worked at a Bronx-based residency for Catholic priests.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

June 07, 2023 | Law.com

Kasserman, who was installed at the Illinois Supreme Court building in Chicago, became the 147th president of the state bar association.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

June 06, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan-based appeals court has come down in favor of Jay-Z in his long-running battle with Parlux Fragrances over a cologne it claimed he failed to promote, turning back the company's attempt to flip a 2021 jury verdict and affirming the rapper's $6.78 million counterclaim award.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

June 05, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The five-justice appellate panel wrote that "absent an expert affidavit, defendant [Belkin] failed to establish prima facie that its alleged negligence ... was not a proximate cause of plaintiff's losses."

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

June 02, 2023 | Law.com

In a pair of lawsuits aimed at alleged consumer privacy violations by Amazon, the FTC has announced that the retail and tech giant will pay more than $30 million in settlements while "overhauling" deletion practices tied to children's voice information collected by Alexa and tossing out data taken from Ring doorbell videos that shouldn't have been surveilled.

By Jason Grant

7 minute read

June 01, 2023 | Law.com

In addition to the $39.9 million payment, Google must take steps to be "more transparent with consumers about how it tracks and uses consumer data" under the consent decree that resolves Washington's lawsuit, according to the AG Office's news release.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

May 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan lawyer was immediately suspended from practicing law after allegedly taking at least $78,000 from an escrow account that kept buyer deposits in advance of his client's apartment sale and after admitting he'd personally used his client's funds during his addiction, according to a state appeals court opinion.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

May 30, 2023 | Law.com

In an opinion footnote, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said that lawyer Benjamin Behnam Tariri's "actions" have also led to criminal charges being filed against him in Massachusetts, although it was unclear whether those actions included actions tied to the charges before the high court that led to his temporary suspension.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

May 26, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Plaintiff Marvin E. Goldberg, who appears runs a solo or boutique law firm founded in 1983, "provided documents for each case for which defendants allegedly failed to pay referral fees pursuant to the parties' purported fee-sharing agreement," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

May 25, 2023 | Law.com

Two lawsuits have been lodged in Montana federal court since last week when Montana's governor signed into law what's considered to be the first attempt by a state to fully ban the popular short-video platform: One by Tik Tok itself and another by residents who create Tik Tok videos and often use the app to generate business.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read