Mark Hamblett

August 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

By the time a new president is elected, there will be at least two new vacancies at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Richard Wesley took senior status on Aug. 1 and Judge Gerard Lynch is set to take senior status effective Sept. 5.

By Mark Hamblett

2 minute read

August 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's auctioning off of government-guaranteed mortgages discriminates against African-American homeowners, according to a class action lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

August 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Judge Jesse Furman made several critical rulings Thursday ahead of a Sept. 12 trial date in the next bellwether trial over faulty GM ignition switches.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

August 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In the first insider-trading case brought by Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to go to trial after 'U.S. v. Newman' raised the bar for prosecutors, Sean Stewart was found guilty for sharing confidential merger information with his father, resulting in illegal trades netting more than $1 million.

By Jason Grant and Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

August 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Weighing in on an open question in Albany following a flurry of political corruption cases, a federal appeals court held that politicians' pensions can be subjected to forfeiture actions.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

August 16, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Occupy Wall Street protesters can pursue their claim that police violated the U.S. Constitution when they were targeted for protesting, herded into a press pen and detained outside of a fundraiser for President Obama in 2011, a federal judge has ruled.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

August 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A securities fraud conviction that was dismissed because a judge said the government failed to prove venue has been restored by the Second Circuit, which said "it was enough" that other people committed illegal acts in the Eastern District and that the defendant "aided and abetted the fraudulent scheme."

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

August 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Virginia state law recognizes that the successor company to old General Motors has a post-sale duty to warn about a dangerous defect in a GM car, a federal judge in New York held Monday.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

August 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Citigroup's bid to stop AT&T from using the word "Thanks" in a customer loyalty program has been defeated by a federal judge.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In a closely watched case, the Second Circuit said case law only empowers judges to expunge arrest records after an order of dismissal, not valid convictions.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read