Tom McParland

February 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The majority said the defendant's statement was not definitive. But Justice Jenny Rivera said it should have immediately triggered a judicial inquiry into whether his demand was made "knowingly and intelligently" and that the defendant could have been deprived of his right to act as his own lawyer.

By Tom McParland

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February 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal

In her annual address, DiFiore stressed the disparate impact of the court system's "rigid and fragmented" structure on vulnerable families, and called for legislative action on a proposal to its streamline operations.

By Tom McParland

3 minute read

February 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The verdict came a day after U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said he would rule that the former Alaska governor failed to show evidence of "actual malice" on the part of the newspaper's editors.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

February 15, 2022 | New York Law Journal

According to a statement submitted along with the filing, Prince Andrew intended to make a "substantial donation to Ms. Giuffre's charity in support of victims' rights." The other terms of the settlement were not immediately announced.

By Tom McParland

3 minute read

February 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York found that Palin had not shown the Times' former editor, James Bennet, acted with "actual malice."

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

February 10, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Ballard Spahr partner David Axelrod, the lawyer for the New York Times, centered his line of questioning on cross by echoing his theme during opening statements that Palin had not actually been harmed by the editorial.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

February 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The pointed back-and-forth offered a rare glimpse into the ideological differences of two conservative judges, who joined the court during Trump's reshaping of the Second Circuit from 2018 through 2019.

By Tom McParland

3 minute read

February 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The judge was being investigated for allegedly arranging to hire a relative's fiance and then retaliating against a court-system employee who voted against the hire, according to a statement from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

By Tom McParland

2 minute read

February 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The issue of "no-knock" enforcement of search warrants, landed before the state's highest court Tuesday in Albany, as protests continued in Minneapolis after a 22-year-old man was killed last week by officers utilizing the same tactic.

By Tom McParland

4 minute read

February 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein of the Southern District of New York cited conditions at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center and the Essex County Correctional Facility in New Jersey as "exceptional reasons" not to detain a defendant ahead of his planned sentencing in April.

By Tom McParland

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