John Caher

May 05, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A convict paroled some 19 years ago after serving a prison sentence for shooting a man in the back is facing a murder charge now that his victim, who carried the bullet inside him, died of an infection.

By John Caher

4 minute read

May 02, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A would-be Manhattan doorman who claims he was denied a job because a company purporting to do background checks wrongly reported that he has a criminal record is taking on the consumer reporting industry in a federal class action filed Thursday.

By John Caher

5 minute read

May 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has apparently widened his probe into political corruption in Albany by subpoenaing records from the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, according to published reports.

By John Caher

1 minute read

April 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A political investigation shrouded in mystery reached the Court of Appeals Tuesday in a case that could determine if the judiciary can second-guess a district attorney's decision to step aside from a particular matter.

By John Caher

4 minute read

April 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A new court rule governing the calculation of contingency fees in wrongful death and personal injury cases has prompted the New York State Academy of Trial Lawyers to offer a sample retainer agreement designed to shield lawyers from an inadvertent misstep.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Although the recently-approved state budget funded 20 new Family Court judgeships through the first quarter of 2015, the Legislature has yet to actually create the positions.

By John Caher

1 minute read

April 28, 2014 | Commercial Litigation Insider

The state's largest medical malpractice carrier can require claimants to use its structured settlement brokers rather than their own, a commercial division judge in Buffalo has held.

By John Caher

4 minute read

April 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Western District Chief Judge William Skretny, who has led the court since 2010, has announced that he will take senior status next March. Skretny's decision means Frank Geraci Jr. of Rochester will become the next chief judge.

By John Caher

1 minute read

April 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The state's largest medical malpractice carrier can require claimants to use its structured settlement brokers rather than their own, a commercial division judge in Buffalo has held.

By John Caher

4 minute read

April 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Harold Gruber has agreed to pay a $60,000 fine and accepted a permanent ban from selling securities to resolve allegations he submitted at least nine fraudulent filings to the attorney general's real estate finance bureau.

By John Caher

2 minute read