Josefa Velasquez

August 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

As part of a consent order, a mortgage lending company marketing to veterans has been ordered by the state Department of Financial Services to pay more than $600,000 in restitution to New York customers and pay a fine over closing costs.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

August 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Former federal Judge Shira Scheindlin, who is now of counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, discusses what she thinks are the causes of the courtroom gender gap.

By Josefa Velasquez

4 minute read

August 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The top counsel to Republicans who control the state Senate is stepping "away from the position" after four years on the job.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

August 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Geoffrey Berman, who co-leads the New Jersey office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, is in consideration to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan, BuzzFeed reported Monday afternoon.

By Josefa Velasquez

10 minute read

August 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Both Stephen Barnes and Ross Cellino have received profit distributions of $7 million this year despite Cellino's filing a lawsuit asking for dissolution of the personal injury firm in May.

By Josefa Velasquez

3 minute read

August 03, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A hotel industry-backed campaign released an ad Monday linking home-sharing platform Airbnb Inc. to public safety threats.

By JOSEFA VELASQUEZ

5 minute read

August 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office announced Thursday that assistant AGs Susan Cameron and Christopher Leung have been promoted.

By Josefa Velasquez

6 minute read

August 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Northern District Judge Lawrence Kahn partially dismissed claims from Saint-Gobain and Honeywell lawyers who filed motions seeking the dismissal of consolidated cases stemming from the contamination of groundwater with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in the village of Hoosick Falls. But he allowed claims for liability and negligence to survive.

By Josefa Velasquez

16 minute read

August 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Despite earlier objections by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York has agreed to turn over the state's voter records to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity.

By Josefa Velasquez

2 minute read

August 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered state regulators Monday night to investigate whether a discharge of wastewater that turned the base of Niagara Falls black last weekend violated any water quality rules.

By Josefa Velasquez

4 minute read