Jason Grant

March 31, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The warning letter addressed Mayor de Blasio apparently soliciting contributions from real estate executives for a nonprofit that was supporting his office's policy initiatives, according to the opinion. De Blasio's office says it will appeal again.

By Jason Grant

7 minute read

March 29, 2021 | Law.com

As the high-stakes trial of Chauvin, the white police officer who knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a Black man, before he was pronounced dead, gets underway, the world and lawyers everywhere are getting to see how trials are being conducted amidst the still-deadly pandemic.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

March 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"Substantial evidence supports respondents' [the police department's] conclusion that [Pantaleo] recklessly caused injury to Eric Garner by maintaining a prohibited chokehold for 9 to 10 seconds after exigent circumstances were no longer present," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court in its ruling.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 25, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The client "was not excused from objecting to the invoices by virtue of its general criticism of the quality of the legal work," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department in ruling in the law firm's favor over $146,883 in unpaid bills.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

March 25, 2021 | Law.com

Counsel for Albert Wilson, a young Black man who was convicted by an all-white jury of raping a 17-year-old white girl in a case without conclusive DNA evidence, said he's "optimistic" the case will be resolved ahead of a second trial.

By Jason Grant

7 minute read

March 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division, First Department court also said that although New York City and related defendants "litigated the matter, and did not move for dismissal of the plaintiff's complaint until after the statute of limitations expired [for filing the required notice of claim]," that "does not establish that defendants should be estopped from asserting a statute of limitations defense."

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

March 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

"The footage ... in this case demonstrates the need for non-police teams as first responders for people experiencing mental health crises," said the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. The group called the ruling an "important decision affirming the public's significant interest in the full disclosure of body-worn camera footage of police shootings to save lives."

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

March 18, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The May 18, 2016, police shooting death of Garry Conrad, a Broadway theater stagehand, outside of a Food Emporium at a busy Manhattan intersection quickly grabbed headlines. The appeals court ruled that the officer who first confronted Conrad that morning is protected by qualified immunity.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

March 15, 2021 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division, First Department panel wrote that the Cayauga Nation of New York's claims are dismissed "on the ground that a governmental entity cannot maintain a libel claim," and noted that the 2019 "Billions" episode in question "can reasonably be said to concern how the Cayuga Nation 'governs.'"

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

March 12, 2021 | New York Law Journal

China continued to be the leading location for non-U.S. issuers named as defendants in the lawsuits, the report said. More than half of the 88 non-U.S. issuer securities class action suits were filed in courts in the Second Circuit; the next most were filed in Third Circuit courts.

By Jason Grant

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