Mark Hamblett

November 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were convicted Friday night of a conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

November 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. ran a nepotism program on a grand scale in China, Justice Department officials said Thursday, as the bank agreed to pay $264.4 million to settle allegations it hired the sons and daughters of government officials to bribe its way to investment deals.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

November 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan attorney has lost his claim that Microsoft, Google and Yahoo harmed his reputation by indexing websites describing him in negative terms.

By Mark Hamblett

13 minute read

November 16, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Rajat Gupta's second chance to upend his insider trading conviction for tipping Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam ran into trouble Wednesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

November 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

At issue is whether a bail bond agent can keep a premium even when a criminal defendant is subsequently denied bond.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

November 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A clash between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the House Ways and Means Committee over documents in an SEC probe into insider trading on leaks of Medicare reimbursement rates appears to be nearly over.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

November 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

At least in the short term, the impact will be felt at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and in the Eastern District of New York where there are pending vacancies.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

November 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The circuit judges said neither the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 or associated regulations require the Secretary of the Interior to get permission from New York before taking land into trust for the Oneida nation.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

November 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A lawsuit filed by an attorney who wants to be a delegate to a possible New York State constitutional convention has been thrown out by a federal judge.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

November 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two nephews of the first couple of Venezuela were too "stupid" and "clueless" to actually intend to arrange for 800 kilograms of cocaine to be shipped to the United States, their lawyers told a federal jury in lower Manhattan Monday.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read