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May 22, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A Brooklyn attorney who was convicted in 2013 for his role in a scheme to swindle an elderly woman out of her multi-million-dollar property in Harlem and deceiving a bank into awarding a mortgage for it has been disbarred.
By Andrew Denney
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May 21, 2015 | New York Law Journal
An attorney who was suspended from practicing law after being convicted of groping random women on the Upper East Side and in lower Manhattan may now apply for reinstatement to the bar.A panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, ruled Wednesday in Matter of Kraft, 2013-10852, to suspend Paul David Kraft, 33, from practicing law for one year but gave him credit for time served.
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May 21, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A trial court erred in dismissing claims against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by a man who was falsely arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport and forced to stay overnight in an emergency room, an appellate court ruled.
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May 20, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The New York City Police Department did not violate the constitutional rights of a traveling firearms dealer by denying his application to carry a concealed firearm, a Manhattan judge has ruled.
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May 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Roy Vasile, a longtime Nassau County insurance defense attorney who devoted much of his time off to working with youth, died on May 15 from complications from a stroke.
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May 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A new trial should be held in a personal injury lawsuit to determine whether the owner and the driver of a taxi are liable for injuries to a passenger in another taxi, an appellate court ruled.
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May 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Pace Law School faculty will take a 10 percent pay cut in the 2015-2016 academic year to help close a budget deficit, Dean David Yassky confirmed. He said the school also will "prudently" reduce its research budget, but declined to provide details on the reduction.
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May 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
New York County Public Administrator Ethel Griffin, the first woman and first African American to hold that post and the longest-serving public administrator in the state, died on May 11 after a long battle with cancer.
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May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Melanie Leslie will become the new dean of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, the first woman and the first Cardozo graduate to fill that role. She is currently vice dean and a law professor at Cardozo, where she has taught since 1995.
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May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A trial court erred by not granting a defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through a "showup" identification, in which a criminal suspect is presented in person to a victim or witness of a crime, an appellate court said in ordering a new trial.
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