August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Jury Struggles in Deliberations With Insider Trading AllegationsThe jury in the trial of former New York banker Sean Stewart indicated Thursday that it is stuck in its consideration of at least one charge against him. "If it is a split vote on a count and the jury is stuck, is it not guilty or no decision on that count?" the panel asked in a note to Southern District Judge Laura Swain.
By Mark Hamblett and Jason Grant
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August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Restrictions on Release of Israeli Spy UpheldIsraeli spy Jonathan Pollard had mainly challenged restrictions that subjected him to GPS monitoring and that allowed for his probation officer to make unannounced examinations of his computer and computer devices and to make copies of stored material.
By Mark Hamblett
3 minute read
August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Ex-Lawyer Resentenced to Prison Term of 1 YearDisbarred attorney Anthony Mangone was resentenced Thursday to serve one year and one day in prison on a public corruption scandal in Yonkers.
By Mark Hamblett
3 minute read
August 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Law Firm Partner Indicted in Insider Trading CaseFormer Hunton & Williams partner Robert Schulman is facing criminal charges that he tipped off his investment adviser about a pending pharmaceutical merger involving his client.
By Mark Hamblett
15 minute read
August 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal
NYU, Yale, MIT Sued Over Employee Retirement PlansPlaintiffs lawyers behind Tuesday's coordinated strike say the universities sponsored retirement plans for faculty and employees with unreasonably high fees.
By Mark Hamblett
6 minute read
August 08, 2016 | Corporate Counsel
Second Circuit Rules for Chevron in $9B Environmental CaseThe appeals court on Monday affirmed the trial judge's finding that a 10-figure judgment against Chevron was tainted by fraud and judicial corruption in Ecuador.
By Mark Hamblett
9 minute read
August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Circuit Rejects Jurisdiction Challenge to US Drug LawsA New York federal court had the authority to try citizen of the Netherlands for a scheme to transport cocaine from the Dominican Republic to Belgium on a U.S.-registered plane, the Second Circuit ruled, rejecting a challenge to the extraterritorial application of federal narcotics laws.
By Mark Hamblett
8 minute read
August 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Court: IRS Can't Enforce Summons in Global ScandalRuling in a wide-ranging investigation into a 2008 global tax scandal involving a financial institution owned by the royal family of Liechtenstein, the Second Circuit said Steven Greenfield's Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination would be violated by enforcement of an IRS summons.
By Mark Hamblett
8 minute read
August 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Judge Alters Stance, Reinstates Occupy Claims Against NYPDReversing himself, a federal judge has reinstated claims by Occupy Wall Street protestors who said police invented their presence in Zuccotti Park and charged them with a crime.
By Mark Hamblett
9 minute read
August 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Circuit Upholds Warrantless Access to Suspect's Cellphone GPSThe Second Circuit endorsed police access to a murder suspect's cellphone service provider and the use of GPS software in the phone to locate him once they believed he had murdered a narcotics associate and that undercover officers were at risk.
By Mark Hamblett
7 minute read
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