John Caher

April 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The philanthropic arm of the New York State Bar Association is aiming to double its grantmaking over the next three years to meet New Yorkers' growing legal needs.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced that Gail Heatherly will take over as head of the conviction review unit, which was created in 2012.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Leonard Rosen, a founding partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and a renowned bankruptcy attorney who represented the City of New York during its 1975 financial crisis and stood up for lenders in the Chrysler bailout in the early 1980s, died Wednesday at the age of 83.

By John Caher

4 minute read

April 18, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A man convicted at retrial of a grisly double murder is not entitled to a third trial even though the judge told prospective jurors that he was "stuck" retrying the case after the first conviction was tossed on a "technicality," a state appeals panel has held.

By John Caher

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April 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Two women who claim they were sexually harassed by former Assemblyman Vito Lopez have filed a new complaint against the state, alleging that the former Brooklyn pol would not have been able to abuse the plaintiffs without the acquiescence of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

By John Caher

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April 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi of Albany said Wednesday that he will retire on June 26 after nearly 21 years on the bench.

By John Caher

2 minute read

April 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A state prison inmate who has been waiting more than a year for the First Department to decide whether the parole board rightly rescinded her release has been granted parole again in a decision that may make her Article 78 petition irrelevant.

By John Caher

5 minute read

April 17, 2014 | New York Law Journal

With a shot-across-the-bow warning that "drinking and driving offenses almost always should and will result in disciplinary action," the Commission on Judicial Conduct in its annual report is cautioning judges to confront alcohol-related problems before they result in embarrassing or career-ending punishment.

By John Caher

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April 16, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Newly public documents in the high-profile wrongful conviction case of Jabbar Collins show former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has long believed the man is not guilty, and also that the district attorney's office held reluctant witnesses in custody.

By John Caher

3 minute read

April 16, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday filled three of the five vacancies on the depleted Appellate Division, Third Department, but left the court short two judges and without any minority representation. He also named one judge each to the Second and Fourth Departments.

By John Caher

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