Mark Hamblett

October 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A town ordinance that limits political signs on private property to 21 days before an election and five days after violates the First Amendment, a federal judge found.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

October 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon said the First Amendment right of free speech requires the MTA to permit advertisements for a documentary about Muslim comedians on buses and in subway cars, regardless of its new policy to avoid controversy and litigation over political ads.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon said the First Amendment right of free speech requires the MTA to permit advertisements for a documentary about Muslim comedians on buses and in subway cars, regardless of its new policy to avoid controversy and litigation over political ads.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Environmental groups trying to stop the unintentional transfer of invasive species from foreign bodies of water into U.S. waterways have won a shot at tougher regulations with a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 07, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Environmental groups trying to stop the unintentional transfer of invasive species from foreign bodies of water into U.S. waterways have won a shot at tougher regulations with a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has lost his last chance to reverse a decision that makes it more difficult for prosecutors to win convictions in insider trading cases.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

October 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has lost his last chance to reverse a decision that makes it more difficult for prosecutors to win convictions in insider trading cases.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

October 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Affirming the conviction of stock manipulator David Levy, the Second Circuit said that border officers can act on the reasonable suspicion of another federal agency when they go beyond inspection of a traveler's document, photocopying it for possible use in a criminal trial.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Affirming the conviction of stock manipulator David Levy, the Second Circuit said that border officers can act on the reasonable suspicion of another federal agency when they go beyond inspection of a traveler's document, photocopying it for possible use in a criminal trial.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

October 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

When a majority of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said in June that the full court would tackle the limits on the retention and use of computer files seized by government agents, they really meant it.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read