Mark Hamblett

April 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In order to bring an action under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a lawyer for the Palestine Liberation Organization told a Second Circuit panel, there "has to be an attack on the United States," so there was no justification for this "massive judgment" against his clients. The case law, he said, doesn't focus on the fact that the victims of the attacks in Jerusalem are Americans.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

April 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Bellwether cases in the multi-district litigation over defective General Motors ignition switches are being cleared faster than trials can be held.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

April 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has held that the New York City Department of Buildings does not have to face disability and housing discrimination claims over the failure of landlords to keep elevators running during city-permitted replacement or repair jobs.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

April 08, 2016 | Law.com

Attorneys for General Motors and plaintiffs' lawyers have reported a settlement in the third of six bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over defective ignition switches.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

April 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Repeated defaults in the cases of two different clients has brought an attorney a public reprimand and a two-year ban from practicing as Criminal Justice Act counsel before the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

April 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge will not refer for a possible perjury prosecution a man whose plea allocution in an insider trading criminal case contradicted his testimony in a parallel civil proceeding.

By Mark Hamblett

14 minute read

April 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York City and state have defeated FedEx's attempt to throw out multiple claims that it shipped cigarettes to New York residents in violation of two federal statutes.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

April 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York City and anti-abortion medical centers have settled a lawsuit over a local law requiring the centers to disclose their practices.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

April 04, 2016 | Law.com

Travis Kalanick, the CEO and co-founder of Uber Technologies Inc., has lost a motion to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of using the company's pricing algorithm to violate antitrust laws.

By Mark Hamblett

9 minute read

April 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A historic settlement that sets the terms for a complete overhaul of solitary confinement in New York's 54 state prisons was approved by a federal judge on Thursday.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read