Frias' Sentence Vacated; He Was Middleman In, Not 'Organizer or Leader' of, Fentanyl Ring

Appellant appealed respondent's final decision that he committed prohibited act *.009, unauthorized transmission of a message, image or data.

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. v. Ricardo Mena Sanchez

Rideshare company owes drivers no duty to conduct criminal background checks on riders

Appellant appealed the district court's summary judgment dismissal of his employment discrimination claims against his former employer. The court vacated in part and remanded for trial on appellant's remaining claims, holding that plaintiff offered sufficient circumstantial evidence of disparate treatment and retaliation to survive summary judgment.

In the Matter of Attorneys in Violation of Judiciary Law § 468-a. v. Yingmao Tang

The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's municipal liability claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983 for failure to maintain policies or training concerning the privacy rights of family members of decedents and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Court affirms convictions for murder and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence, admission of evidence, and jury instruction and other errors

Plaintiffs moved to dismiss defendants counterclaims in a breach of contract action and court found defendants sufficiently averred a breach of contract, the integration clause posed no problem at this stage but defendants' replevin and conversion claims failed under the gist-of the-action or bootstrapping doctrines and the economic loss doctrine and court declined to enter a declaratory judgment as to the execution of certain amendments to the contract. Motion granted in part and denied in part.

Successor-in-interest to RDA required to make either contractually defined pass-through payments or statutorily defined pass-through payments, but not both