This column reports on several significant representative decisions handed down recently in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Judge Gary R. Brown denied plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction regarding New York State’s gun licensing and use laws. Judge Frederic Block denied a motion to dismiss product liability claims concerning TRESemmé products, and Magistrate Judge James M. Wicks rejected a settlement under the FLSA as overbroad with insufficient support to determine reasonableness.

Preliminary Injunction Regarding Gun Licensing Laws Denied

In Giambalvo v. Suffolk County, New York, 22 CV 4778 (EDNY, Feb. 14, 2023), Judge Brown declined to issue a preliminary injunction regarding New York State’s pistol licensing and gun use laws passed after the Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle Association Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).