By Alex Anteau | August 15, 2023
"Indictments aren't evidence. Indictments are allegations, but I know Fani Willis well and I know Fani Willis doesn't put charges down on paper and ask the grand jury to hold them up unless she's got evidence for it," said one of the district attorney's former co-workers.
By Jane Wester | August 15, 2023
Accompanied by his attorneys Seth DuCharme and Meagan Maloney, McGonigal told U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rearden of the Southern District of New York that in 2021, he agreed to provide services for Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, even though he knew Deripaska was a "specially designated national" and therefore performing such work was illegal.
By Jane Wester | August 11, 2023
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York noted that the defense has raised concerns about Sam Bankman-Fried's First Amendment rights while he is under an interim gag order, but ruled that the concerns about witness intimidation outweigh that issue.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel R. Brandes | August 11, 2023
A failure to comply with a custody or visitation order, an order directing payment of maintenance and child support, a temporary restraining order, or other lawful order in a matrimonial action, as in any other action, may result in a finding of criminal contempt of court where the court finds that there has been willful disobedience to its lawful mandate.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Twyla Carter | August 10, 2023
Legal Aid CEO and attorney-in-chief Twyla Carter looks back on a year of big achievements for New York's largest legal service provider for people of modest means and writes that, in year two, securing adequate funding from state and local governments will remain a top priority.
By ALM Staff | August 10, 2023
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By Brian Lee | August 8, 2023
The Northern District of New York's top federal prosecutor said AI wasn't a major source of litigation yet, but Is being closely monitored.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Michael Miller | August 7, 2023
The authors of a recent report naming New York judges who are allegedly more likely to order pretrial detention for criminal defendants provided a rambling and highly defensive response to criticism of their work by former Appellate Division, First Department Presiding Justice Rolando Acosta and 12 judicial associations—and ignored the point that irresponsible criticism of judges has a chilling effect on judicial independence, a former president of both the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association writes.
By Jane Wester | August 7, 2023
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rearden of the Southern District of New York scheduled a plea proceeding for McGonigal on Aug. 15, noting that she "has been informed that Defendant Charles McGonigal may wish to enter a change of plea."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel Cohen | August 7, 2023
How far can attorneys go to get an adjournment from a judge, even where extra time is in the client's best interests or where the client simply wants a postponement, before they could face disciplinary action?
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