By Jason Grant | December 6, 2018
An Appellate Division, First Department panel decided that the trial lawyer had not presented a sufficient reason for removal when the lawyer joined defendant's application for new counsel and “cited only defendant's recent request [for new counsel] and defendant's belligerence in court the preceding day as the basis.”
By Curt Anderson | December 5, 2018
Jeffrey Epstein counted Bill Clinton and Donald Trump among his friends and had some of the finest legal talent in America as his lawyers.
By Jenna Greene | December 4, 2018
A pro bono team from O'Melveny & Myers helped secure the release of a man who was sentenced to almost 22 years in prison for intent to sell 15 grams of crack cocaine.
By Colby Hamilton | December 4, 2018
William Walters argued ahead of trial and on appeal that details of the investigation fed by an FBI agent to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times should nullify his indictment and fatally prejudiced his conviction.
By Colby Hamilton | December 4, 2018
William Walters argued ahead of trial and on appeal that details of the investigation fed by an FBI agent to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times should nullify his indictment and fatally prejudiced his conviction.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | December 4, 2018
Corporate Insurance Law columnists Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes write: While the 'Kokesh' ruling is not an insurance ruling, we wrote at the time (as did others) that it might very well have an impact on pending disputes over the insurability of disgorgement payments. The First Department took notice of the ruling and recently held, relying on Kokesh, that because SEC disgorgement constitutes a penalty, disgorged funds did not fall within the definition of loss under the insurance policies at issue.
By Charles Toutant | December 3, 2018
An appeals court dismisses a malpractice suit against the Office of the Public Defender for failure to comply with procedural requirements of the Tort Claims Act.
By Tony Mauro | November 30, 2018
“Brief writers would often have to sacrifice readability and clarity to meet the word limit,” according to a letter 18 firms sent to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anita Bernstein and John Crain | November 30, 2018
Which elements not expressly provisioned in Judiciary Law §487, if any, are necessary for a successful claim of treble damages?
By Marcia Coyle | November 30, 2018
The Supreme Court's rules don't forbid argument on motions, but do say they "will not be permitted unless the court so directs."
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