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B. Colby Hamilton is a litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal and Law.com.
July 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal
In less than a week, the Second Circuit delivered two clear applications of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark public corruption case, 'United States v. McDonnell.' The results for two former state assemblymen could not have been more different.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A former Eastern District judge erred when he asserted supervisory powers over a deferred prosecution agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and HSBC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Wednesday.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A pump-and-dump sting that stretched from New York to San Diego netted 14 in connection with an alleged $147 million stock manipulation scheme, the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 12, 2017 | Legaltech News
The plaintiffs claim the move violates the First Amendment, as the president's Twitter account, they allege, represents a public forum.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A group of Twitter users blocked by President Donald Trump are suing after a request to be unblocked on First Amendment grounds went unheeded.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Shifting fraud theories helped sink an attempted securities class action appeal by former employees of the pharmaceutical company Covis.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal
With the convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos on appeal before the circuit, the ruling upholding the conviction of William Boyland Jr. is expected to play less of a role as precedent than as an example of the circuit committing to reviews of the facts of each case specifically to determine what, if any, of the U.S. Supreme Court's public corruption precedent should be applied.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal
The head of the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct is disputing the Office of Court Administration's explanation that allowed an acting state Supreme Court justice to stay on the bench 10 months after an admonishment should have demoted him.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Gerald Cocuzzo pleaded guilty to a single count of securities fraud after prosecutors alleged he was part of a scheme to defraud investors in the LED lighting company ForceField by controlling the price and volume of its shares.
By B. Colby Hamilton
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July 6, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Plaintiffs attorneys are able to collect fees for an appeal initiated by the defendants in back-and-forth litigation between the Second Circuit and the Northern District, the circuit held.
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