Mark Hamblett

June 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

It's not every day you see a federal judge flick open a gravity knife from behind the bench. Southern District Judge Katherine Forrest wasn't menacing anyone Thursday, nor was she trying to win acceptance from a street gang. She was just trying her hand at opening a knife that is currently illegal under a New York law that sellers and purchasers say should be ruled unconstitutional.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

June 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal appeals court Thursday recognized greater protections for internet service providers in their defense against copyright infringement claims.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

June 16, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A lawyer who advocates for street vendors in New York City has lost his suit claiming police violated the First Amendment by arresting him while he was recording their encounter with a vendor.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

June 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Second Circuit agreed that disbarred attorney Anthony Mangone, ordered by Judge Colleen McMahon to serve 18 months for his role in a Yonkers real estate and corruption scandal, should be resentenced over an error in the guidelines range, but rejected his request for a new judge based on comments McMahon made.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

June 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement suing over what they say is a campaign of violence and intimidation in Queens have lost their bid to have documents in the case kept under seal.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

June 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Supervisors who prohibited a law enforcement agent from carrying a weapon out of concern for his mental stability cannot be held liable for violating a federal anti-discrimination law, Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein said.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

June 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An environmental activist and convicted arsonist has lost his lawsuit claiming a Bureau of Prisons employee violated his rights by sending him to solitary confinement for publishing a bylined article in the Huffington Post.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

June 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge will not rescind his order that Uber turn over documents for his review of a claim that Uber CEO Travis Kalanick hired a private investigator to dig up dirt on a plaintiff and his lawyer in an antitrust case.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

June 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. government will have to show its need to protect classified information justifies extensive post-release supervision of Jonathan Pollard, the former naval intelligence analyst who served 30 years behind bars for spying for Israel.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

June 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The suit had been dismissed by a judge who said an ongoing Cayuga leadership dispute prevented him from determining if the lawsuit was authorized as a matter of tribal law, but the Second Circuit said shutting out federal review due to "the mere suggestion" that those initiating litigation had overstepped their tribal authority would be an untenable result.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read