Tom McParland

Tom McParland

Tom McParland of New York Law Journal can be contacted at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @TMcParlandALM.

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April 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

2 Coaches Join Brian Flores' Suit Alleging Racial Bias by NFL

Flores said Thursday that he had faced retaliation from other NFL teams since he filed the lawsuit.

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April 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Blocks Disclosure in FOIA Suit Over Trump Administration Vetting at US Border

The unanimous panel decision found that some of the documents, which included terrorism screening questions in government training manuals, were shielded under an exemption to the Freedom of Information Act that protects materials involving law enforcement "techniques and procedures."

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April 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

PepsiCo Faces Fresh Class Action Claims Stemming From Kronos Hack

According to a complaint in the Southern District of New York, PepsiCo lacked a "functional back-up plan" to track employee time, and instead doled out an "estimated weekly pay" to its hourly employees that did not accurately reflect the actual hours they had worked.

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April 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Defamation Lawsuit Against Planned Parenthood

In a nine-page summary order, the Second Circuit affirmed the ruling of a lower court judge, who last year described an anti-abortion activist's cause of action as "in a word, ridiculous."

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April 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Credit Unions Seek to Block New Law Slashing Statutory Interest Rates on Consumer Debt

The proposed class action lawsuit argued that the planned change, which would slash interest rates from 9% to 2% beginning April 30, amounted to an unconstitutional taking and due process violation for entities holding judgments against consumers.

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April 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Decision Denying New Trial for Ghislaine Maxwell Sets Up Likely 2nd Circuit Appeal

Some attorneys expressed surprise at Nathan's decision, while another said it would be difficult for the circuit to identify clear error in the judge's analysis.

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April 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Sylvia Ash Resigns as Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Following Obstruction Conviction

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct said that Ash formally resigned her post March 15, after a federal jury found her guilty on one count each of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements.

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April 01, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Author Sues State Corrections Officials Over Alleged Censoring of Attica History

The lawsuit claimed that Heather Thompson's book "Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971" had been banned in state prisons since it hit bookshelves in 2016.

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April 01, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Japan-Based Asset Manager to Face Contract Claims By Former Executives in Stock Rights Dispute

U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska rejected what plaintiff attorneys called a years-long effort by Japan's largest asset manager to avoid jurisdiction in U.S. courts, and cleared the way for a jury trial in the nearly five-year-old lawsuit.

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March 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

2nd Circuit Revives Antitrust Suit Against Haitian Government Over Phone Service

The appeals court revived a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the defendants, including Western Union and three of the country's former presidents, had conspired to fix the price of remittances and phones calls from the U.S. to Haiti.

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