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January 25, 2017 |

Federal Judge Rules Against Tribes in Cigarette-Tax Dispute

State laws that tax tobacco sales by Native American vendors from two western New York tribes to non-Indians do not infringe on tribal sovereignty or other constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled.
7 minute read
January 11, 2017 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

Parents Plead Guilty in Life Insurance Fraud Case Relating to Their Son’s Suicide

Lawrence D. Rosenbaum and his wife, Thomasine Henderson, have pleaded guilty in connection to a life insurance fraud scheme relating to their son’s…
4 minute read
December 16, 2016 |

Drawing Negative Inference When Civil Defendant Invokes Fifth Amendment

Jeff S. Korek, of Gersowitz Libo & Korek, examines the ramification if a civil defendant invokes the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Can a plaintiff's attorney in the civil action use the defendant's silence to draw a negative inference for the jury about the defendant's liability? These are just a few of the questions that arise in this complicated intersection between criminal and civil law.
20 minute read
August 16, 2016 |

The People v. Attaway

Out-of-State Conviction May Render Defendant Ineligible for Judicial Diversion
2 minute read
August 09, 2016 |

Judge, Ruling Against Diversion, Cites Public Safety

Even when taking the laudable legislative goal of prison diversion programs into account, a judge said the first obligation of courts is to protect the public from potentially dangerous offenders.
4 minute read
July 20, 2016 |

Faulting Counsel's Advocacy, Panel Reverses Neglect Finding

A divided upstate appeals court found that, while a lower court properly determined that a mother neglected her three children, the children's trial attorney failed to advocate for the wish of two of the children to remain with the mother and thus provided ineffective assistance of counsel.
8 minute read
June 22, 2016 | Insurance Coverage Law Center

N.Y. Insurance Broker Charged with Fraudulently Soliciting Money from Investors

Lawrence D. Rosenbaum, an insurance broker in Albany, New York, has been charged with fraudulently soliciting over $1 million from more than 10 investors…
3 minute read
June 08, 2016 |

Circuit Reinstates Gaming Lawsuit by Cayuga Nation

The suit had been dismissed by a judge who said an ongoing Cayuga leadership dispute prevented him from determining if the lawsuit was authorized as a matter of tribal law, but the Second Circuit said shutting out federal review due to "the mere suggestion" that those initiating litigation had overstepped their tribal authority would be an untenable result.
4 minute read
June 07, 2016 |

NYLJ Rising Stars 2016: Anna Friedberg

Like many new attorneys starting work at a big New York City law firm, Anna Friedberg was asked her choice of pro bono work. Her answer—prison reform—proved fateful in ways no one could have imagined in 2011.
2 minute read
May 26, 2016 |

County Sues Over Missed US Supreme Court Deadline

A Western New York county has bought a legal malpractice lawsuit against Harris Beach, claiming $10 million in damages, arguing the firm missed a deadline to file critical appeal papers to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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