By Jacqueline Thomsen | September 15, 2021
After The New York Times reported that special counsel John Durham is seeking to indict Sussmann, his lawyers at Latham & Watkins called any indictment "baseless, unprecedented, and an unwarranted deviation" of Justice Department principles.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | September 15, 2021
Senior U.S. District Judge James Selna scheduled another status conference Monday to discuss the data that still needs to be given to Avenatti, but the judge also made clear the Nov. 2 retrial date is not going to change.
By Dan Roe | September 15, 2021
Mark Bini was an assistant U.S. attorney in New York and Florida and an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, arriving in private practice with experience that he said will help his clients avoid "problems" with the DOJ and state prosecutors.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 14, 2021
In February, a New York midlevel appeals court suspended Caplan from practice for two years for his role in the high-profile "Varsity Blues" scandal.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Paul Shechtman | September 13, 2021
Does the general prohibition on a federal habeas court's considering evidence outside the state court record "apply when a court reviews the merits of an ineffective-assistance claim that has passed through [the] 'Martinez' gateway around procedural default?" Disentangling that sentence is worthy of a Law Journal article, so here goes.
By Tom McParland | September 10, 2021
The move was not part of a plea agreement, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken said.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | September 10, 2021
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman on Thursday rejected a bid by Michael Avenatti to halt DOJ review of a newly accessed iPad in his wire fraud case involving ex-client Stormy Daniels. Distinguishing the case from the recent mistrial in California, the judge dismissed an oft-cited Fourth Circuit opinion criticizing the DOJ's privilege-review teams and said courts in his Second Circuit "have long blessed such procedures."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | September 9, 2021
In this edition of their Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant representative decisions handed down recently, denial of a a wide-ranging habeas petition by a state prisoner; dismissal of a proposed class action against Newsday for offering videos without closed captioning on its website; and granting of summary judgment to municipal defendants facing defamation and related claims.
By Avalon Zoppo | September 7, 2021
White & Case and Nixon Peabody will represent a former casino and hotel executive, and a private equity firm founder in the Boston trial.
By Jane Wester | September 2, 2021
Thomas Barrack's attorney, Matthew Herrington of Paul Hastings, said he is suffering from a "profound information asymmetry" while he waits on prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York to produce more discovery.
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