Mark Hamblett

February 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A contractor and a property developer have agreed to pay $255,000 to settle allegations they failed to enforce prevailing wage requirements on a public works project.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

February 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Two of the nation's largest private prison companies who handle immigration detention for the federal government have lost their bid to keep proprietary business information from being released.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

February 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A claim that false descriptions of two patents in the marketing of a diabetes drug kept generics off the market and forced buyers to pay higher prices was given new life Wednesday by a federal appeals court.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

February 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An FBI cooperator who alleged federal agents set him up on a murder-for-hire charge and then "engineered" his placement in solitary confinement has had his lawsuit thrown out of the Southern District.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

February 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge George Daniels dismissed a breach of contract claim, saying that the foundry acquired by a Japanese materials company was not on a list of "selected targets" that was the basis for the company's contract with an investment banking firm.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

February 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Doctors accusing a drug company of violating a consumer harassment law by faxing invitations to a free dinner seminar on a sexual disorder—while the company was seeking approval of a drug to treat it—have had their case resurrected.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

February 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A reform of police stop-and frisk practices inside and outside of private properties whose landlords agree to police patrols is part of a settlement submitted Thursday by civil rights groups and the New York City Police Department.

By Mark Hamblett

6 minute read

February 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Evidence of settlement talks between lawyers in a pregnancy discrimination case should not have been admitted, and the lawyers should not have been disqualified as trial counsel, the Second Circuit held Thursday.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

February 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Former judges, prosecutors and defenders are protesting President Donald Trump's sweeping order restricting immigration from seven Muslim countries and his sacking of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates for refusing to defend it.

By Mark Hamblett

11 minute read

February 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In a case that tested the definition of what it means to be Hispanic, the Village of Freeport has prevailed against accusations of reverse discrimination by a white would-be candidate for chief of police.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read