Mark Hamblett

July 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York Court of Appeals has overturned a $1.5 million medical malpractice and wrongful death verdict against a psychiatrist, won by the widow of a man who killed himself under the effects of prescribed antidepressants.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

July 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A $7.25 billion settlement between millions of merchants and the Visa and MasterCard credit card networks over fees and anti-steering rules that bar retailers from charging different prices based on the means of payment was thrown out Thursday by a federal appeals court.

By Mark Hamblett

16 minute read

June 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Macy's has been blocked from detaining suspected shoplifters and demanding they agree to pay damages before they are released.

By Mark Hamblett

9 minute read

June 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The fundamental right to marriage is not implicated by an immigration law that allows authorities to block convicted sex offenders from obtaining visas for their spouses, a federal judge has ruled.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

June 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos may think they have fresh ammunition for their appeals on political corruption charges following a major U.S. Supreme Court decision today, but prosecutors beg to differ.

By Mark Hamblett

17 minute read

June 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

It pays to check the menu before ordering from a restaurant—or suing one. A federal judge has ordered sanctions in a Fair Labor Standards Act case where plaintiffs attorneys claimed, but did not verify, that a restaurant satisfied the $500,000 annual revenue threshold required for a suit under the act.

By Mark Hamblett

9 minute read

June 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Gambling with customer money that was supposed to be set aside for its own rainy day cost Bank of America's Merrill Lynch $415 million in a settlement Thursday and prompted a stepped-up enforcement and monitoring effort by the SEC.

By Mark Hamblett

16 minute read

June 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Second Circuit has revived a suit over whether it's reasonable for a town to require a couple to restore a property for which they had previously obtained variances to build a fence to protect their disabled child and an above-ground pool for aquatic therapy.

By Mark Hamblett

9 minute read

June 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two high-ranking New York City Police Department officers were arrested and charged Monday with receiving over $100,000 in bribes and benefits from a Brooklyn businessman who used them to fix tickets, get private police escorts and even make arrests to settle private disputes.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

June 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys for General Motors and plaintiffs battled it out before a federal judge Friday over a claim that GM and outside counsel King & Spalding engaged in a racketeering enterprise by covering up long-known defects with ignition switches.

By Mark Hamblett

19 minute read