Jason Grant

July 09, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The return to a full slate of in-person arguments will mark the first time since March 2020 that the busy intermediate appellate court will return to its full pre-pandemic schedule of in-person arguments.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

July 08, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The decision from the Appellate Division, Third Department court appears to help clarify, in the context of a commercial misappropriation claim involving a docudrama, the scope of limited privacy rights carved out for state residents decades ago via the state's Civil Rights Law §§ 50 and 51.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

July 02, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The New York State Appellate Division court set out in detail numerous claims the lawyer, who it appears has offices in Manhattan and Connecticut, made to the grievance committee about the checks in question, along with his claim that he paid $17,000 to his client out his own money due to what he said was a sense of personal responsibility to the client, according to the justices.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

June 29, 2021 | Law.com

"It is very difficult in such a highly politicized matter for courts to have the courage to call out somebody like Mr. Giuliani and to impose sanctions on them," said Leslie Levin, a University of Connecticut law professor. "And so what that First Department [court] did was courageous, and I think it was right."

By Jason Grant

10 minute read

June 25, 2021 | Law.com

"Giuliani may be able to make some headway with the defense that he was relying on other sources [for the truth of his election statements] if he can come forward with a source," said Leslie Levin, a University of Connecticut law professor. Although, "just because someone says something, doesn't mean that you [as an attorney] can say it," she added. "You need credible evidence."

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

June 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Rosemarie Montalbano will be a new Surrogate Court judge in Kings County, according to the still-unofficial but apparent wide-margin result in that much-talked-about Democratic primary judicial race.

By Jason Grant

2 minute read

June 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division, First Department on Tuesday suspended Patricia M. De Grace-D'Aliasi from practicing law, writing that it had ordered her to undergo the medical exam based upon an attorney grievance committee motion that itself was "based on [De Grace-D'Aliasi's] irrational conduct during and after a medical malpractice trial in which she represented herself as well as her conduct before the AGC."

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

June 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The bar association's news release also announced Lisa Koenig, a Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy partner, as the newly elected secretary of the Bar Fund's board. In addition, it named six newly appointed Bar Fund Board members.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

June 17, 2021 | Law.com

According to the bar association, its 50-member judiciary committee's "mission is to determine if the candidate being reviewed holds the necessary qualifications to become a judge, such as integrity, impartiality, intellectual ability, knowledge of the law, industriousness, and judicial demeanor and temperament."

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

June 15, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Lawrence A. Doris has been disbarred after ignoring some nine attempts by a disciplinary committee to reach him, then being suspended, then failing to respond again after the committee sought to have further investigatory or disciplinary proceedings, according to state appellate court decisions.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read