By Jane Wester | October 20, 2022
John O'Kelly, 66, was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Steven Tiscione of the Eastern District of New York and released on a $100,000 bond. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is handling the case.
By Jane Wester | October 20, 2022
Alan Vinegrad of Covington & Burling, who represents Thomas Spota, argued that Long Island U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack was wrong to admit evidence of former Suffolk County Police Chief James Burke's prior bad acts at trial.
By Jane Wester | October 19, 2022
The developers, who all owned apartment buildings in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, are accused of obtaining more than $1.6 million in fraudulent property tax benefits through the program, which grants tax breaks to developers who agree to reserve affordable units in their buildings.
By Adolfo Pesquera | October 19, 2022
"His cooperation ... assisted in the investigation and prosecution of more than 40 defendants, targets, and subjects, including 12 senior PDVSA officials, high-ranking government officials, nine former partners and co-conspirators, and six banks," said attorney Daniel Fetterman.
By Jane Wester | October 18, 2022
Federal prosecutors said the case represented the first time a corporation has ever been charged with providing material support and resources to a foreign designated terrorist group.
By Jane Wester | October 17, 2022
Each of the three counts of cyberstalking carries a maximum five-year sentence, though judges rarely impose the top sentence prescribed by statute.
By Jason Grant | October 14, 2022
In choosing to accept a joint motion requesting the attorney only be punished with a public censure, as opposed to a license suspension or disbarment, the Appellate Division, First Department court went to extraordinary lengths to explain that it wasn't "tolerating disrespectful and discourteous behavior by a member of the Bar."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | October 13, 2022
In this edition of their Eastern District Roundup column, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several recent and significant representative decisions: a ruling on pre-trial motions in a criminal case, including motions for a severance based on allegedly irreconcilable defense strategies; a finding that plaintiff failed to state a claim against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn; and denial of a motion seeking a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the No Surprises Act.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | October 12, 2022
Two recent cases involving NFTs and cryptocurrency markets demonstrate the substantial flexibility federal prosecutors have—or at least believe they have—in charging insider trading and underscore the oft-recognized need for a federal statute expressly addressing insider trading.
By Andrew Denney | October 11, 2022
"The crime wave we're seeing now is, I believe in many respects, an artificially created crime wave," George Grasso said.
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