By Tom McParland | April 20, 2020
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan of the Southern District of New York, said courts had power to ability to grant compassionate release amid the COVID-19 pandemic, even if a prisoner had not exhausted administrative remedies.
By Meredith Hobbs | April 20, 2020
Asbestos plaintiffs lawyer Sharon Zinns, commercial litigator Cody Wigington and regulatory and appellate law specialist Kurt Kastorf have kept their practices going, even though the courts are closed.
By Alaina Lancaster | April 20, 2020
The lawsuit claims Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment Co., retroactively changed refund policies in the wake of COVID-19.
By Ryan Tarinelli | April 20, 2020
The federal litigation against Montefiore Medical Center argues that nurses are treating sick patients with "inadequate" equipment, frequently in rooms that were not properly converted to handle a COVID-19 patient.
By Phillip Bantz | April 20, 2020
Santori, who started a new job as the top lawyer for crypto exchange firm Kraken earlier this month, discusses how COVID-19 is affecting his industry, his top concerns, and trends he expects to encounter over the next year.
By Jack Newsham | April 20, 2020
In the year before a pandemic disrupted the entire legal market, New York's biggest law firms continued expanding their classes of new partners.
By Jane Wester | April 19, 2020
Dear is the second member of the Brooklyn bench to die from COVID-19.
By Jason Grant | April 18, 2020
"It is critical that New York provide safety net support to all individuals, regardless of federal immigration status," wrote some 50 day-laborer advocacy and other groups in a letter delivered to Gov. Cuomo's office Friday. "Thousands of immigrants across [New York State] have lost their jobs and have no income to rely on and no income support" from the federal or state government, they said.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 17, 2020
Four law firms have filed separate class actions against six different insurers, alleging they denied business interruption claims filed by thousands of small businesses across the country. The lead plaintiffs include La Luz Ultralounge in Bonita, California, and Nick's New Haven Style Pizzeria & Bar in Coral Springs and Boca Raton, Florida.
By R. Robin McDonald | April 17, 2020
Randal Hall, chief judge of the Southern District of Georgia, has given federal prosecutors two weeks to respond to a motion to commute Reality Winner's sentence to home confinement, despite a COVID-19 infection at FMC-Carswell, where Winner is serving time for leaking information about Russian hackers to the news media.
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