Mark Hamblett

August 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A $655 million award against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority for attacks that killed or wounded members of 11 American families in Israel has been thrown out by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

12 minute read

August 30, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A man who has completed his sentence can still pursue a petition for a writ of habeas corpus because he was still technically "in custody" and there were continuing collateral consequences to his conviction going forward, a federal appeals court has held.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

August 30, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission applied the wrong standard in refusing to order the release of emails between a state authority and two lawyers who are also registered lobbyists, the state's highest court has ruled.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

August 30, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

The plaintiffs law firm that’s been Enemy No. 1 to Corporate America when it comes to litigation over retirement plans has a new target—the country’s largest universities.

By Mark Hamblett

20 minute read

August 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The conservative nonprofit group Citizens United cannot keep its donor list secret in New York state, a federal judge ruled Monday.

By Mark Hamblett

9 minute read

August 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A woman who lost her job as an EMT after alleging she was sexually harassed can continue her lawsuit after a federal appeals court ruling.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

August 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Victims of Hezbollah rocket attacks in Israel in 2006 cannot sue a Lebanese bank in U.S. courts simply because the bank allegedly used a New York account to transfer several million dollars, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

12 minute read

August 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Photographs show a Brooklyn concrete company violating a consent decree by dumping polluted, cement-laden water into Newtown Creek, and now it's going to pay for it.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

August 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Police Department Intelligence Bureau needs to improve its compliance rate with strict guidelines for investigating political activity, according to the New York City Department of Investigation's Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

August 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A New York federal court lacks jurisdiction to hear a products liability case against Airbus for injuries a flight attendant incurred on a flight from Boston to Washington D.C., Eastern District Judge Denis Hurley has ruled.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read