John Caher

April 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

By early June, attorney Roger Bennet Adler should know whether he'll be prosecuting Staten Island's lingering criminal probe into suspected political shenanigans, or whether the case will revert back to the elected district attorney.

By John Caher

8 minute read

April 23, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge in Buffalo has dismissed an apparently novel claim that attempted to link consumption of high fructose corn syrup to a 14-year-old girl's diabetic condition.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 23, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is "potentially vulnerable" at the polls, according to a poll released Tuesday by Siena College, although a pollster said it's way too early to say the incumbent Democrat is in trouble.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 23, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A court officer's inappropriate comment to a deliberating juror requires reversing a drug conviction, a judge has held, even though a Queens defense attorney, in a strategic dice roll, had refused an offer of a mistrial.

By John Caher

4 minute read

April 23, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A husband who strategically delayed accepting a divorce settlement—but not to the point where his conduct was obstructionist or abusive—is liable for the extra legal fees incurred by his former wife, a judge in Rochester has held.

By John Caher

3 minute read

April 22, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Judge Victoria Graffeo said Monday that she will seek reappointment to the state's highest court when her term expires this year. If selected, Graffeo, a Republican, would be able to remain on the bench another eight years.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 22, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The Gigi Jordan defense team, which already includes such well-known attorneys as Alan Dershowitz and Ronald Kuby, has brought in veteran civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel as part of a trial team in a long-lingering case that finally could go before a jury by June.

By John Caher

4 minute read

April 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Buffalo civil rights attorney who obtained a $750,000 settlement in a racial discrimination case may be denied compensation because of a dispute over whether she had an improper retainer agreement with her client.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal

An appellate court in Albany has upheld a gun-related robbery conviction in a case where the defendant did not reveal the weapon to the victim but did point it at a man pursuing him.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A trial judge's order barring Lifetime Entertainment from airing a dramatized movie on the murder of a beloved Appellate Division, Third Department, clerk was an "unconstitutional prior restraint on speech," the Appellate Division, Third Department, held Thursday in a unanimous opinion.

By John Caher

2 minute read