Emily Saul

January 24, 2025 | New York Law Journal

The action has been discontinued on undisclosed terms but the civil rights attorney-turned-mayoral-candidate's complaint called the suspension troubling, given his history of litigation against the microblogging platform.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

January 24, 2025 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed a sexual assault lawsuit, finding the Adult Survivors Act window preempts a New York City law on gender-motivated violence. Kaplan's ruling may differ from a previous decision from another case in the Southern District of New York.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

January 23, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Todd Blanche, Trump’s criminal trial attorney and now his pick for deputy U.S. attorney general, submitted two short motions to withdraw or discontinue the proceedings. But defense counsel have still not filed his formal post-conviction appeal.

By Emily Saul

2 minute read

January 23, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York pushed the trial by a week after the defense complained of belated disclosures by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of approximately 10,000 documents.

By Emily Saul

2 minute read

January 22, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Justice April Newbauer separately ruled that the indicted non-profit entity, We Build the Wall, will be tried in absentia.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

January 22, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Defense counsel argued the guilty verdict against their client must be tossed after it was discovered that jurors were presented with improperly redacted evidence during deliberations.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

January 22, 2025 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Frederic Block of the Eastern District of New York awarded $550,000 in attorney fees in a banking case that had been settled for $250,000, calling the current schedule a "mystery" without a "well-articulated rationale." Block also provided his own formula for calculating fees in cases going forward.

By Emily Saul

4 minute read

January 21, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Danielle Sassoon and John J. Durham will serve as the top prosecutors for the SDNY and EDNY effective immediately, the offices confirmed.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

January 21, 2025 | New York Law Journal

David Siegal, of Mintz Levin, represented Javice in connection with previous allegations of misconduct while she was still employed by JPMorganChase.

By Emily Saul

3 minute read

January 16, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Peace departed the role last week, announcing almost a month earlier that he intended to resign and that his former first assistant, Carolyn Pokorny, would take over as acting U.S. attorney after he left.

By Emily Saul

14 minute read