Jason Grant

October 19, 2020 | New York Law Journal

"No doubt that all of our lives have been impacted by the events around us; however, there are viable alternatives and that is to continue virtually—that provides additional safeguards to all involved," Justice Jeffrey Sunshine wrote.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

October 16, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A retired state Supreme Court justice and a New York litigator with knowledge of the talks say that some of the 46 senior judges being cut by the state court system have been in discussions about the possibility of bringing a lawsuit against the court system that would be aimed at keeping their positions.

By Jason Grant

8 minute read

October 15, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The judge's "misconduct in the aggregate, along with his prior disciplinary history … 'exhibited a pattern of injudicious behavior ... which cannot be viewed as acceptable conduct by one holding judicial office,'" wrote the state Court of Appeals in removing Miller on Thursday.

By Jason Grant

6 minute read

October 15, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In announcing the award-winning lawyers, Lynn Kelly, the Justice Center's executive director, calls the nation's current climate "a uniquely challenging era marked by profound division as well as historic levels of need."

By Jason Grant

2 minute read

October 14, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The effect of the "unprincipled opportunism of the Senate in the exercise of its Constitutional power of advice and consent with respect to the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett" on the eve of a presidential election is that the "long-term integrity and legitimacy" of the nation's judiciary is "being imperiled," says the bar association.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

October 13, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The veteran of the Appellate Division, First Department bench who retired this past July is joining the international law firm's complex litigation practice as a senior counsel in its New York office.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read

October 08, 2020 | New York Law Journal

"The court is not able to determine the discovery issues here expeditiously without extraordinary impingement on the court's regular business," wrote Manhattan Supreme Court Commercial Division Justice Andrea Masley.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

October 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Justice Robert Reed, the newly assigned Commercial Division judge, was elected a Supreme Court Justice in 2016 and has been handling commercial matters since he was named an Acting Supreme Court Justice in 2014.

By Jason Grant

5 minute read

October 06, 2020 | New York Law Journal

"This order stops New York Sports Clubs and Lucille Roberts dead in their tracks and halts these health clubs from continuing to unlawfully charge many of their members," the state attorney general said.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

October 05, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The allegations of legal malpractice "are inadequate to sufficiently allege that the stipulation of settlement that the plaintiff entered into with his former wife was effectively compelled ... by the mistakes of counsel," the Appellate Division, Second Department ruled.

By Jason Grant

3 minute read