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November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

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November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Judge Precludes Ballistics Expert's Opinion on Scene for 2016 Fatal Police Shooting

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November 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-63

A judge may not participate in efforts to honor a trailblazing physician with a postage stamp, where such efforts include petitioning the U.S. Postal Service and/or elected officials, and have no connection to the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice.
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Poll Workers Seek Contempt Against Rudy Giuliani, Alleging Continued Defamation

The contempt motion said the disbarred and indicted former New York City mayor had clearly committed "unambiguous violations of the Consent Injunction, and the Court should hold him in civil contempt.”
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'A National Calamity': US Judge Says Archegos Founder Bill Hwang Should Get 18-Year Sentence for Fraud, Market Manipulation

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Alvin Hellerstein deferred ruling on restitution and ordered the parties to return to court on Thursday to discuss forfeiture.
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

New York Financial Services Watchdog Adopts Rules to Rein In Prescription Benefit Managers

New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne Harris said new regulations will help protect New Yorkers’ access to prescription drugs, prohibit business practices that increase the cost of those drugs, and ensure that small, independent pharmacies compete on a level playing field with large pharmacies affiliated with pharmacy benefit managers, who decide the availability of prescription drugs and their costs.
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Big Law Partner Presented With State Bar's Scheindlin Award

The Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom is presented each year to a female litigator who has distinguished herself in New York courts and who has shown a commitment to mentoring young attorneys in the legal community.
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'A World of Credit': Ex-FTX Executive Gary Wang Sentenced to Time Served Following Cooperation

“I’ve never seen anything quite like what happened here,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan told the defendant, who he said had “limited culpability" in the massive fraud that led to the collapse of the fund and some $11 billion in investor and lender losses.
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

'Politically Destabilizing'?: Trump Lawyers Say NY Criminal Case Must Be Dismissed

“Any disruption occasioned by the transfer of the executive power could produce results detrimental to the safety and well-being of the United States and its people,” the letter states.
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November 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Refuses to Grant Summary Judgment Due to Lack of Documentary Evidence Demonstrating That Insured's Misrepresentations Were Material

The authors write "In New York, insurers are generally entitled to rescind an insurance policy issued in reliance on a policyholder's material misrepresentations. This provides insurers with an important tool to avoid paying out claims where the policy was issued based on false information in the application."
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