Jason Grant

July 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The state bar passed a seven-page resolution urging "the UN to investigate and prosecute members of the Russian military and government for violations of international law, including human rights violations, crimes against humanity and aggression."

By Jason Grant

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July 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

All four decisions reversed Manhattan Supreme Court judges at the trial level, and they were issued together on July 19. No other opinions from the First Department court were issued that day.

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July 20, 2022 | Law.com

"The predominance requirement prevents certification when complex and diverse individual issues would overwhelm or confuse a jury or severely compromise a party's ability to preset other viable claims or defenses," wrote the appellate panel.

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July 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"This conversation has been a long time coming," said Natalie Gomez-Velez, a law professor at the City University of New York School of Law and a co-chair the task force. "We cannot shrink from the reality of how this country treats the people it has colonized. The time for change has come."

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July 18, 2022 | Law.com

The Sixth Circuit ruled that the National Labor Relations Act does not preempt three of the five Michigan state law claims launched by agent Vincent Porter against the National Football League Players Association. Porter claims he had contractual rights breached and was harassed after he was criminally indicted for mail fraud, a charge he later denied.

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July 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Based on the testimony, evidence and articulated medical opinion of the children's long-time pediatrician, the father is awarded medical decision making authority solely and specifically regarding vaccinations," wrote Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Stacy Bennett.

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July 14, 2022 | Law.com

Writing that the law is "anything but clear" on whether a retaliatory investigation violates a clearly established right, a federal appeals court said qualified immunity must apply to a child-welfare investigator who allegedly retaliated against parents after they exercised their First Amendment rights.

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July 12, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In choosing to discipline Michael A. Blickman, the Manhattan-based court pointed out that Indiana justices had "opined that [Blickman's] pursuit of the confidentiality agreement ultimately harmed the reputation of his client [the private Park Tudor School] and contributed to his client's criminal exposure."

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July 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

When former lawyer Elizabeth Vila Rogan found out a judge she was looking for was not presiding in court in Georgia, "she signed his initials to the [court clarifying] order, with full awareness that she did not have permission to do so" and then "presented the order to the clerk of the court," wrote a New York appeals court that has disbarred her.

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July 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

John N. Iannuzzi, who has been practicing law for about 60 years, had argued to the state appellate court that "he does not pose a threat to the public interest because he simply misunderstood how to properly manage his escrow account," according to the decision.

By Jason Grant

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