Jason Grant

April 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Once-prominent Manhattan real estate attorney Mitchell Kossoff has been disbarred in the wake of pleading guilty in December to theft and fraud charges in which he admitted to owing 35 people and entities, some of whom are former clients, a total of more than $14 million.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

April 08, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. District Judge Jennifer P. Wilson wrote in part that she "cannot resolve" questions key to the dispute over use of the late Rev. Moon's 1965-created Twelve Gates, or Tongil, symbol "without delving into religious matters."

By Jason Grant

7 minute read

April 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Defendant law firm Balsamo, Rosenblatt & Hall and named attorneys are "able to commence a high number of cases because they do not exercise any legal judgment to determine if the allegations they assert ... are based in fact or are legally supported," the lawsuit alleges.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

April 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Talent management company Roth and Associates East's "proposed reading" of a contract it had had with actor Daniel K. Isaac "is at odds with the parties' reasonable expectations insofar as it would unfairly subject the defendant [Isaac] to duplicative payment obligations towards both his former and current manager," wrote Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Nancy Bannon.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The appeals court has reinstated part of a $37 million legal-malpractice suit brought by a former client against a Manhattan attorney after the client lost a $35 million breach-of-contract action based on statute-of-frauds grounds.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

March 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Virgin Islands Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett and Evan Wolfson, founder of the former Freedom to Marry organization, are set to be honored.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 29, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

The trial ran from Feb. 28 to March 9 before Superior Court Judge Robert Gardner. The jury watched and listened over video feed for the entire trial, and a medical expert and liability expert for the plaintiff, represented by the Ginarte Gallardo law firm, testified virtually.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

March 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Heller, who was admitted to state the bar in 1969, acknowledged to the appellate court that a divorce client had sued him for malpractice and breach of contract, won a judgment against him for $523,536 with interest, and that he still hasn't paid the money, according to the Appellate Division, First Department court.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

March 24, 2022 | New York Law Journal

On Friday, the bar association will hold a webinar that will walk lawyers through the Department of Homeland Security's Temporary Protected Status program, giving lawyers instruction on "the basics of how to help" Ukrainians file initial TPS applications and supporting documents.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Within hours of fleeing to western Ukraine, Inna Liniova and her colleagues, at least those who didn't take up arms and start looking for military training, began working in ways they never had before.

By Jason Grant

9 minute read