Mark Hamblett

May 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A retailer that knocked off the fashion company's goods had insurance policies covering any advertising-based injury it inflicted on its rivals, but the Second Circuit said that merely using the Fendi trademark on goods the retailer sold, and nothing more, doesn't amount to "advertising."

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

May 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's argument to stay out on bail pending the appeal of his public corruption conviction—and the date he was set to begin his prison sentence—have been pushed back while both sides await the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

May 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The extended litigation over the Pataki administration's involuntary civil commitment of sexually violent inmates following the completion of their prison sentences came to an end Tuesday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

May 17, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Individual psychiatrists and psychiatric associations lack standing to sue health plans they claim discriminate against patients with mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders, a federal appeals court has held.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

May 16, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Indigent defendants will get a second chance to pursue further appellate relief if their lawyers fail to tell them in a timely fashion that they have lost their federal appeal, the Second Circuit has ruled.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

May 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were handed years-long prison terms Thursday for extortion and bribery schemes driven by the father's abuse of power and the son's lust for money.

By Mark Hamblett

15 minute read

May 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The lower court had held that plaintiffs failed to show standing because their attorneys, and not themselves, had paid the medical record copying fees, but the Second Circuit said the complaint expressly alleged that the plaintiffs asked for medical records and paid the charge through counsel.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

May 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

"For decades, the forensic document examiner community has essentially said to courts, 'Trust us.' And many courts have," Southern District Judge Jed Rakoff said. "But that does not make what the examiners do science."

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

May 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Federal prosecutor Carrie Cohen is leaving the Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office to join Morrison & Foerster's securities litigation, enforcement and white-collar criminal defense and commercial litigation and trials practice groups.

By Mark Hamblett

2 minute read

May 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A majority of Second Circuit judges Monday rejected rehearing en banc the case of 'Jesner v. Arab Bank,' where plaintiffs alleged that the Jordan-based bank handled monies that were used by Palestinian terrorist groups for attacks on Israel.

By Mark Hamblett

2 minute read