Mark Hamblett

September 25, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Congregation Shearith Israel of the City of New York, a Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, has been sued for firing an employee after learning she was pregnant at the time of her Orthodox wedding ceremony.

By Mark Hamblett

2 minute read

September 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Three New York banks will have to release more than $300 million to satisfy a terrorism default judgment against the Republic of Sudan for supporting the 2000 attack on the U.S.S. Cole, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

September 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Three New York banks will have to release more than $300 million to satisfy a terrorism default judgment against the Republic of Sudan for supporting the 2000 attack on the U.S.S. Cole, a federal appeals court said Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

September 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A challenge to New York City's enforcement of the laws banning gravity knives has been revived by the Second Circuit, which found that two individuals and a business that were prosecuted have standing to seek declaratory and injunctive relief.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

September 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A challenge to New York City's enforcement of the laws banning gravity knives has been revived by the Second Circuit, which found that two individuals and a business that were prosecuted have standing to seek declaratory and injunctive relief.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

September 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Settlement talks are set for later this week in a case where parents sued Orange County and the local school district because their 5-year-old daughter was interviewed about an unfounded child sexual abuse report outside of their presence.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

September 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Settlement talks are set for later this week in a case where parents sued Orange County and the local school district because their 5-year-old daughter was interviewed about an unfounded child sexual abuse report outside of their presence.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

September 21, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A prisoner who turned down a plea deal for 10 years and went to trial only to be sentenced to 40 years behind bars has been given the chance to argue ineffective assistance by the Second Circuit, which held the procedural bar that caused a state court and a Northern District judge to deny the man's motions did not apply.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

September 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The 11-year-old fight over damages for the alleged negligence of airlines and airline security companies in allowing hijackers to seize two airplanes and destroy the World Trade Center is headed back to Southern District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, possibly for a trial.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

September 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A prisoner who turned down a plea deal for 10 years and went to trial only to be sentenced to 40 years behind bars has been given the chance to argue ineffective assistance by the Second Circuit, which held the procedural bar that caused a state court and a Northern District judge to deny the man's motions did not apply.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read