Mark Hamblett

November 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The key prosecution witness in the Sheldon Silver trial told a jury Wednesday that he panicked when investigators arrived at his Manhattan apartment in 2014 to question him about referrals he made to Weitz & Luxenberg in return for Silver sending state grants to fund his research at Columbia University.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

November 04, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two starkly different narratives were put before a federal jury Tuesday during opening statements in the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for an alleged kickback and bribery scheme that netted him almost $4 million in lawyer referral fees.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

November 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two starkly different narratives were put before a federal jury Tuesday during opening statements in the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for an alleged kickback and bribery scheme that netted him almost $4 million in lawyer referral fees.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

November 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The City University of New York has defeated claims that it discriminated against a woman when it refused to reappoint her as interim head of its Asian Studies program and then declined to reappoint her as a professor.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

November 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The City University of New York has defeated claims that it discriminated against a woman when it refused to reappoint her as interim head of its Asian Studies program and then declined to reappoint her as a professor.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The government's claim that longtime Albany powerhouse Sheldon Silver used his position to extort money and win undeserved referral fees from two law firms will be put to the test next week in a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

October 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Former New York corporate lawyer Charles Bennett pleaded guilty Wednesday to running a Ponzi scheme that bilked some 30 investors out of more than $5 million. He was charged in the Southern District six weeks after attempting suicide by jumping into the Hudson River, leaving behind a note detailing the scheme.

By Mark Hamblett

1 minute read

October 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The government's claim that longtime Albany powerhouse Sheldon Silver used his position to extort money and win undeserved referral fees from two law firms will be put to the test next week in a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

October 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Former New York corporate lawyer Charles Bennett pleaded guilty Wednesday to running a Ponzi scheme that bilked some 30 investors out of more than $5 million. He was charged in the Southern District six weeks after attempting suicide by jumping into the Hudson River, leaving behind a note detailing the scheme.

By Mark Hamblett

1 minute read

October 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The NFL told a federal appeals court that Judge Richard Berman's decision to vacate the four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was "unfathomable" and the judge should have deferred to Commissioner Roger Goodell on a scandal they said "struck at the heart of the game's integrity."

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read