Mark Hamblett

May 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An FBI cooperating witness who claims federal agents had him arrested on a bogus murder-for-hire charge and "engineered" his placement in solitary confinement for 15 months can proceed with his suit against the agents and the United States.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

May 06, 2016 | Law.com

A lawsuit alleging Wells Fargo defrauded the government by being undercapitalized and making false statements when it borrowed from the Federal Reserve's discount window was rightly dismissed, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

May 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Making a criminal case for investment adviser fraud does not require proof of intent to harm clients, the Second Circuit held Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

May 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Sheldon Silver's rapid slide from Albany power broker to federal prisoner was nearly completed yesterday as Southern District Judge Valerie Caproni ordered the former New York State Assembly Speaker to serve 12 years behind bars.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

April 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The public corruption conviction of former New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran for trying to rig the city's 2013 mayoral race was affirmed Thursday by the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

April 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

After a change in the law by the U.S. Supreme Court, a new trial has been ordered for a corrections officer who alleged she suffered discrimination because superiors at the Ulster County Jail would not assign her light duty while she was pregnant.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

April 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Bill Cosby's attempt to get notes and outtakes from New York Magazine reporters who interviewed women alleging they were sexually assaulted by the comedian was rejected by a Southern District judge Tuesday.

By Mark Hamblett

15 minute read

April 25, 2016 | Law.com

A divided circuit held Friday that New York Judiciary Law §470, which demands nonresident attorneys maintain an "office for the transaction of law business" within New York state, passes constitutional muster.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

April 25, 2016 | Law.com

The four-game suspension of New England Patriots' Tom Brady for an alleged scheme to tamper with the air pressure in footballs has been restored by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

22 minute read

April 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York City and state have now agreed to pay more than $66 million to six people who served lengthy prison terms for two 1995 murders in the Bronx, lawyers for some of the six said Friday.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read