Jason Grant

July 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"A lawyer, of all people, should know that in the face of a perceived injustice, one may not take the law into his own hands," wrote Manhattan federal court Judge Loretta Preska while quoting the Second Circuit decision of U.S. v. Cutler. Donziger, who has long argued the trial has been rigged against him, has vowed to appeal.

By Jason Grant

7 minute read

July 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division, First Department panel wrote that lawyer Carmen-Nedda Santiago Malhotra had "knowingly provided materially false testimony to the [attorney grievance committee] when she reaffirmed the false version of events contained in her answer at her deposition" before the committee.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

July 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division, First Department decision and a prosecutor's news release together explain that now-suspended lawyer Mark D. Weissman knew that the extortion scheme, if successful, would have interfered with victims' efforts to collect part of $12.7 million owed to them as a result of an underlying securities fraud.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

July 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"Spackman's reliance on the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for his noncompliance [with a subpoena in a civil money-judgment suit] falls short," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court in affirming that the defendant, Charles Spackman, has been rightfully held in civil contempt.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

July 21, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"We are a practice that really I think the public doesn't have confidence in what we do," said Elizabeth Adinolfi, a Manhattan-based partner at Phillips Nizer, who led the program. "We have decided privacy rights outweigh the public knowing."

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

July 20, 2021 | Law.com

"There is a group of dedicated women and men attorneys across the country that are laboring hard to protect our nation's right to vote, for all citizens," said constitutional law attorney Pedro Irigonegaray, who is helping represent civic groups challenging Kansas' new laws.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

July 15, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"We find that this is the rare case in which allegations of significant violations of duty, coupled with a serious lack of substantial investigation and public explanation, warrant a summary [judicial] inquiry to bring transparency to a matter of profound public importance," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

July 15, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"This is a monumental sea change," said Raymond Dowd, the lawyer for the Jewish heirs, of the Manhattan Supreme Court decision on prejudgment interest. "An art dealer or a museum refusing to stop now has a meaningful financial downside," he said, when they continue to litigate a case in which a trial court has already awarded possession of Nazi-looted art.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

July 14, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The decision by the Appellate Division, First Department court "clarifies" for practitioners an issue that it said the state's high court has "not opined on": Whether in sending email with settlement terms to opposing counsel, attorneys must retype in their own name, above or below their already listed computer-prepopulated signature box, for the agreement to be binding.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

July 09, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Carter, who since 2019 has served as the district's supervising judge of family courts, replaces Justice Paula L. Feroleto, who served as the Eighth Judicial District's administrative judge for the last 12 years, according to the state court system.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read