By Jane Wester | April 21, 2021
Assistant U.S. attorney Francisco Navarro argued during his opening statement that Hunt's "threats were specific, they were scary and they were violent."
By Tom McParland | April 21, 2021
The change, Cyrus Vance Jr. said, would affect 5,080 cases in which the top charge was loitering for the purposes of prostitution and 914 open cases involving prostitution and unlicensed massage.
By Andrew Denney | Nate Robson | Jane Wester | April 20, 2021
"While this conviction holds Derek Chauvin accountable for his actions, it does not cure the epidemic of police violence or address the racist systems that perpetuate it. Even as this trial was taking place, Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo were killed by police. Police in this nation wield far too much power and control in spaces where they simply do not belong," the New York City Legal Aid Society said in response to the verdict.
By Tom McParland | April 20, 2021
The Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office said that throughout the course of his representation, Vila claimed to be an attorney, even though he had been disbarred in 2015 after pleading guilty to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from another client.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | April 20, 2021
How do changes in social values manifest today?
By Jane Wester | April 16, 2021
Prosecutors argued that U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack should depart from the guidelines of 57 to 71 months' imprisonment to sentence Spota and a co-defendant to eight years. They also recommended a $100,000 fine for Spota.
By Jane Wester | April 16, 2021
An earlier effort in late 2020 was cut off amid an autumn spike in COVID-19 cases in New York, but increased access to vaccines and consensus about safety practices has left observers hopeful that trials will continue through the final months of the pandemic.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Daniel Pollack and Kristan N. Russell | April 16, 2021
Cities around the country have weathered large-scale legal and illegal citizen reactions following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. In response, many communities have imposed curfews. From a social policy perspective, is a juvenile curfew law a common sense public safety tool or an example of undue and unnecessary interference from the government?
By Michael A. Mora | April 14, 2021
"Do I think Ponzi schemes will end? Of course not," said Akerman partner Michael I. Goldberg. "But he raised the awareness that they exist."
By Andrew Denney | April 13, 2021
Martin Tankleff filed a notice of appearance Tuesday in District of Columbia federal court stating that he represents Dominic Pezzola, a Rochester man and member of the far-right Proud Boys who is accused of using a stolen police riot shield to smash a window at the Capitol.
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