Mark Hamblett

January 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Two athletes whose images were scanned for a video game have been bounced from court on their claim that the game maker violated a law protecting biometric information.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

January 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An FBI agent's systematic leaks about a grand jury investigation should not jeopardize the indictment against Las Vegas sports gambler William "Billy" Walters, prosecutors argue.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

January 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gerard Terry, a long-time fixture in Nassau County politics who chaired the North Hempstead Democratic Party and sat on the county Board of Elections, allegedly failed to pay over $1.4 million federal taxes he owed while working for six different entities or government agencies.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

January 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Failing to produce bank records to a grand jury investigation while under indictment for a foreign-based tax fraud scheme is going to cost a defendant $1,000 per day in contempt sanctions.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

January 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The pushback against President Donald Trump's vow to cut federal funding for "sanctuary cities" that protect immigrants from deportation was swift in New York.

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

January 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A data breach that exposed some 35,000 credit card numbers has led a Taiwan-based computer manufacturer to reach a settlement with New York state

By Mark Hamblett

3 minute read

January 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A civic education effort for communities within the Second Circuit has launched a website to help educate the public and participants about the program.

By Mark Hamblett

2 minute read

January 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Emails stored on a Microsoft server abroad remain beyond the grasp of U.S. law enforcement following the narrow defeat of the government's motion for rehearing en banc Tuesday.

By Mark Hamblett

12 minute read

January 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The retirement of trailblazing Magistrate Judge Marilyn Go has the Eastern District continuing to look for candidates to fill her seat on the bench.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

January 23, 2017 | The American Lawyer

A subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co. ran a nepotism program on a grand scale in China, U.S. Department of Justice officials said on Nov. 17, as the bank agreed to pay $264.4 million to settle allegations that it hired the sons and daughters of government officials to bribe its way to investment deals.

By Amanda Bronstad, Andrew Denney and Mark Hamblett

44 minute read