John Caher

August 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A Rochester law firm that represented Tuxedo Junction managers in a "moderately complex" Fair Labor Standards Act class action has been awarded $73,427 in fees and costs, representing about 37 percent of the $200,000 settlement.

By John Caher

2 minute read

August 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

New York courts have never definitively decided if, in a malicious prosecution case, the issuance of a desk appearance ticket launches a criminal proceeding. But as far as the Second Circuit is concerned, the answer is yes.

By John Caher

5 minute read

July 31, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A federal magistrate judge in Buffalo declined to step aside from a case in which one of the attorneys joined the judge on a volunteer board while the trial was underway.

By John Caher

2 minute read

July 31, 2014 | Law.com

Judge Jed Rakoff's decision, which also slapped a former executive with a $1 million personal judgment, followed a trial last fall in which jurors found that the Countrywide financial unit defrauded Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae by peddling at break-neck speed what they knew were substandard loans.

By John Caher

5 minute read

July 31, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Over the past year, the Court of Appeals' newest judges, Jenny Rivera and Sheila Abdus-Salaam, have frequently found themselves on the opposite sides of cases, usually criminal appeals, articulating not only a difference of opinion on the results, but also on how those results should be reached.

By John Caher and Joel Stashenko

11 minute read

July 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Five former Buffalo Bills cheerleaders scored a pre-season victory after a judge sustained their unfair labor practice case against the professional football franchise.

By John Caher

2 minute read

July 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Attorney General hopeful John Cahill yesterday called on incumbent Eric Schneiderman to end his silence over allegations that the governor's office interfered with the workings of the Moreland Commission, which was created to root out public corruption.

By John Caher

2 minute read

July 29, 2014 | New York Law Journal

An upstate appellate court has refused to enforce a "no contest clause" in a will because doing so would subvert the overall intentions of the decedent.

By John Caher

5 minute read

July 29, 2014 | Law.com

A cross-shaped beam found in the wreckage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks can be displayed at the Ground Zero museum without violating the Establishment Clause because the artifact helps tell the story of the attacks without endorsing religion in any way, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Monday.

By John Caher

5 minute read

July 28, 2014 | New York Law Journal

New York is leading a coalition of 25 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the rescission right of consumers under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to back away from a loan simply by giving written notice to the creditor.

By John Caher

2 minute read