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Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A 2013 amendment to New York City's indoor smoking ban to bar e-cigarette use, or "vaping," does not violate the single-subject rule contained within the state Constitution, a Manhattan judge concluded in a suit filed by smokers' advocates against the city.
By Andrew Denney
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May 14, 2015 | New York Law Journal
District attorneys for Bronx and Staten Island say that New York City's move to close morgues in those boroughs may negatively impact law enforcement and families of the deceased.
By Andrew Denney
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May 12, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The Queens Family Court should have allowed an incarcerated man to take a paternity test to determine if he is a child's father before taking away his parental rights on abandonment grounds, an appellate court ruled.
By Andrew Denney
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May 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Prominent bankruptcy attorney Richard Levin, a primary author of the 1978 U.S. Bankruptcy Code, is leaving Cravath, Swaine & Moore after nearly eight years. Levin, 64, said he is leaving Cravath because of its mandatory retirement age of 65.
By Andrew Denney
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May 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A trial court should have granted a motion to dismiss a wrongful death suit against a physician who gave drugs to a painkiller addict who was later convicted of murdering four people during a pharmacy robbery, the Second Department ruled.
By Andrew Denney
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May 7, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Qualified undergraduate students from Salve Regina University in Rhode Island who have completed at least three years of study can apply for early enrollment at the Fordham University School of Law, the Newport school announced May 1.
By Andrew Denney
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May 7, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Alleged prosecutorial misconduct in the 2005 second-degree murder conviction of Daniel Pelosi for the bludgeoning death of wealthy Wall Street financier Theodore Ammon did not deprive him of a fair trial, an appellate court ruled on Wednesday.
By Andrew Denney
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May 6, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The Advisory Commission for the New York City Housing Court announced that next week it will open an application period for positions on the bench that will be open in 2016.
By Andrew Denney
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May 6, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The graduating class of 2014 from New York's 15 law schools fared better at finding full-time legal work than their predecessors, but they were also part of a smaller graduating class competing for jobs, according to data from the ABA.
By Andrew Denney
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May 6, 2015 | New York Law Journal
The Second Department said that a man convicted of second-degree murder was "unfairly deprived" of presenting an extreme emotional disturbance defense at trial because a prosecutor said during voir dire and cross-examination that his expert witness had lied in this case and others.
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