John Caher

June 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Court of Claims Judge Francis Collins blasted a parole officer for withholding the result of an independent drug test showing the parolee was cocaine free.

By John Caher

5 minute read

June 02, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority withheld discovery information, not only from a plaintiff allegedly injured by an MTA police vehicle but also from its own in-house lawyers, an appellate panel has found.

By John Caher

4 minute read

May 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Third Department panel has upheld a double murder conviction where the defendant's silence was used to undermine his claim of extreme emotional disturbance.

By John Caher

4 minute read

May 30, 2014 | Law.com

In the wake of Wednesday's decision refusing to dismiss the long-running civil fraud case against former AIG execs Maurice "Hank" Greenberg and Howard Smith, the defense vowed to once again take the case to the First Department.

By John Caher

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May 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A convicted sex offender whom the Attorney General's Office initially suggested was wrongly convicted has been designated a high-risk, sexually violent offender by a judge in Queens.

By John Caher

2 minute read

May 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Long Island town justice who steered a defendant to his business partner for legal representation, imposed hundreds of illegal fines and made improper political contributions has been censured.

By John Caher

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May 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Chief Deputy Attorney General Harlan Levy has formally withdrawn a statement in a Dec. 30 letter to the parole board in which the head of the conviction review unit at the time said it was "highly unlikely that [Ronald Bower] committed the crimes for which he was convicted."

By John Caher

2 minute read

May 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Israel "Russ" Rubin, a jurist who spent 14 years on the Appellate Division, First Department and finished his legal career as co-chair of the national appellate practice group at Greenberg Traurig, died Friday at 87.

By John Caher

4 minute read

May 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

An attorney's belated assertion that a death threat hindered his defense of a murder suspect 22 years ago "was embellished and tailored" and cannot support his client's ineffective assistance claim, nor is it sufficient to topple the conviction, a judge in Queens has held.

By John Caher

5 minute read

May 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn landlord whose son-in-law allegedly told a potential tenant that children were unwelcome in an apartment has been ordered to pay $5,000 in damages and undergo anti-discrimination training.

By John Caher

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