Mark Hamblett

January 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The latest test of whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act can be read to bar workplace discrimination because of sexual orientation proved complicated Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

January 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

 The latest test of whether part of the Civil Rights Act can be read to bar workplace discrimination because of sexual orientation proved…

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

January 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A lawyer's rebellion against a law requiring attorneys who practice in New York state to maintain an office in the state just got a boost at the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Mark Hamblett

9 minute read

January 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Southern District is looking to fill upcoming vacancies of two veteran magistrate judges, Ronald Ellis and James Francis IV, who are stepping down after decades of service.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

January 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Nassau County remains on the hook for a $36 million malicious prosecution verdict secured for two men wrongfully convicted in a 1984 murder—and a nearly $5 million award of legal fees for the attorneys who secured the victory.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read

January 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have to require water transfers—like the system that supplies fresh water to New York City—to meet a federal anti-pollution permitting program, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

January 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A former attorney's quest to undo his insider-trading conviction because his lawyer failed to make a cutting-edge legal argument on appeal has been rejected by a federal judge.

By Mark Hamblett

12 minute read

January 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A decision seen by practitioners as restricting nonconsensual out-of-court debt reorganizations has been reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

By Mark Hamblett

14 minute read

January 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Disbarred attorney Guy Jean-Pierre completed his jail term Tuesday morning in Queens only to be greeted and arrested for money laundering in connection with a pump-and-dump stock scheme.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

January 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Handing out inside information to ingratiate himself with a friend led former Barclays director Steven McClatchey to receive a five-month prison sentence Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

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