Mark Hamblett

March 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Andrew Carter has thrown out part of an immigration regulation he said set the bar too high for obtaining lawful permanent residency for the spouses of people taking a second shot at marriage.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

March 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge Monday dismissed the case of two Whole Foods customers who alleged the chain mislabeled the weights on the foods they bought because the pair couldn't show they were overcharged for any particular item.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

March 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A defendant's fair trial rights were not violated when a jury initially acquitted him of a gun charge, returned to the jury room to remedy an incomplete verdict form and re-emerged with a verdict of guilty, a federal appeals court held Monday.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

March 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

News Corporation will pay $244 million to non-retailer consumer packaged goods firms to settle allegations that it established and maintained an illegal monopoly on in-store advertising promotions.

By Mark Hamblett

2 minute read

February 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A man wrongly arrested and detained for years by immigration authorities has been awarded damages by a federal judge who criticized the government and lamented the lack of legal support for jailed people facing deportation.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The American Lawyer

VirnetX scores a big patent award against Apple, GM beats back an ignition switch case, and more.

By Susan Beck, Scott Flaherty, Jenna Greene, Mark Hamblett and Julie Triedman

7 minute read

February 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers defending the New York City Police Department from allegations that it issued bogus criminal summonses to meet quotas will be able to access a huge number of those records that are typically kept under seal.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

February 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The First Amendment and common law require unsealing a whistleblower complaint brought by attorney Bruce Bernstein against the plaintiffs' securities firm that spurned him: Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

February 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Jesse Furman on Tuesday told lawyers for plaintiffs and General Motors that he is plowing ahead with plans for bellwether trials to determine issues of liability and damages in the litigation over defective ignition switches.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

February 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Violations of state and local debt collection statutes are not per se violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Second Circuit ruled Monday.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read