Jason Grant

February 17, 2022 | Law.com

The scheme orchestrated by Zachary Joseph Horwitz involved raising at least $650 million from more than 250 investors, many of whom were his friends, based on fake claims their money would be used to acquire distribution rights in primarily Latin American movies that then would be licensed to streaming services and other media companies, prosecutors said.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

February 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Caplan had been suspended for two years in the wake of him pleading guilty inside a Massachusetts courtroom to a felony based on him paying a consultant $75,000 to rig his daughter's ACT college admissions score. The suspension came with some controversy. Many had expected him to be disbarred, since he'd committed a felony.

By Jason Grant

8 minute read

February 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals court has reversed the trial court and ruled that a retaliation claim lodged by an African American former administrator at a fertility clinic can go forward because a factual question exists about the timing of the administrator's complaints of discrimination and her firing.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

February 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The business and real estate lawyer admitted to failing to maintain a master escrow account ledger at his law firm since its 2007 inception.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

February 09, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The ruling by Eastern District Judge Wendy Beetlestone stopping a Montgomery County school district from lifting its mask mandate creates a partial split on the issue, under an ADA analysis, between Eastern and Western District Pennsylvania courts.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

February 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In a somewhat rare move, a First Department panel of justices chose to depart from the disciplinary recommendation by a referee of a private admonishment and impose the greater penalty on Crowe of public suspension.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

February 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"It's always an interesting situation, where many people choose to attack lawyers for getting paid for their work," said Benedict Morelli in an interview. "No one worries about all of the financial people, the real estate people, who make hundreds of millions and billions."

By Jason Grant

10 minute read

February 03, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The woman, who intended to sue the city's public health system over a transected nerve, "failed to establish a reasonable excuse for her 10-month delay in filing a late notice" when she asserted that she didn't know her forearm's nerve was severed until she discovered it at separate, private hospital.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

February 01, 2022 | Law.com

The appeals court set out markedly different reasons and analyses for the two groups of police officers—superior officers involved in the protests and their subordinates—explaining why claims of qualified immunity did not lead to the dismissal of the action.

By Jason Grant

8 minute read

January 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

During a panel discussion on prosecutors' roles in reforming the criminal justice system, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg defended and detailed some of the progressive policies he has instituted this month.

By Jason Grant

9 minute read