Jason Grant

March 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A New Jersey general-practice lawyer has been publicly censured by a New York appeals court in a reciprocal-discipline ruling that laid out the attorney's ethics transgressions, including him taking escrow funds that had been set aside for a client's medical liens and, at one point, having a $70,000 shortfall in his escrow account.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Biden has turned a blind eye to the persecution of a key lawyer who worked to win a historic judgment against Chevron," Amazon Watch Associate Director Paul Paz y Miño said in a news release that made public the letter issued to Biden by 117 groups.

By Jason Grant

8 minute read

March 10, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In a suit filed by lung-cancer patient Geraldine Ford against her former radiologist, the Appellate Division, First Department tossed out her malpractice and lack-of-informed-consent action, which has medical facts underlying it that in certain respects are similar to those in Lavern Wilkinson's matter. The law was named after Wilkinson, who died in 2013.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

March 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Miranda joined the bar association at the start of this year, according to the group, which announced his hiring Tuesday. His roles as GC include overseeing legal affairs, the association's government relations department, its facilities, and its pro bono and lawyer assistance initiatives.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The former client alleges that Morrison Cohen, the well-respected commercial litigation and corporate transactional firm, helped him and another lip-balm and lotion company co-founder become equal partners, only to years later help that partner potentially oust him from both his thought-to-be equal position and equal financial distribution rights.

By Jason Grant

8 minute read

March 04, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

"As we all know, a virtual jury trial is not ideal," said Meghan Steingall, an associate at Laddey Clark & Ryan who represented the winning plaintiff. "However, I'm very grateful for the diligence and attention the jury provided, albeit virtual, to this matter."

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

March 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Minh Vu, a partner at Seyfarth Shaw who helps compile the annual data, said that new rules or legislation is needed to better address the proliferating and "unique" theories of ADA-access lawsuits that the plaintiff's bar continues to come up with.

By Jason Grant | Andrew Denney

5 minute read

February 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Back in October 2020, when Schulte filed its rent-abatement suit, the complaint asked for at least $10 million in damages. But the complaint also made clear in its breach-of-contract cause of action that its rent-focused damages were "continuing." It now appears mounting damages being claimed could top $20 million.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

February 24, 2022 | Law.com

In an extraordinary series of events and suits involving the company Protostorm, the latest ruling is that the company can proceed with a malpractice lawsuit against Foley & Lardner and intellectual property partner Jonathan Moskin, because Foley and Moskin, after winning a 2014 federal malpractice trial on Protostorm's behalf against a Virginia law firm, allegedly waived joint and several liability against the individual attorney defendants.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

February 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Among the bar association's legislative recommendations that are especially focused on lawyers and the legal system, it is urging the legislature to repeal state Judiciary Law Section 470, which requires attorneys admitted in New York state to have either residency or an office in the state in order to practice here.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read