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Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter, pls find him @JasonBarrGrant
September 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice caught in a re-election controversy last year has leveled a $40 million defamation lawsuit at the New York Post, claiming that articles about the flap falsely branded her as a "lazy," "slow" and "lackluster" judge.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
September 6, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel when his lawyer told him that he "could be" deported—not that he definitely would be deported—as a result of his guilty plea for attempted robbery, a divided state appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Rockland County arm of Black Lives Matter has leveled a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming that the Clarkstown Police Department illegally surveilled its members, using a special intelligence unit and lumping in the group with terrorists and gangs.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A blind woman's medical malpractice action against her doctor cannot be dismissed as time-barred because she has raised factual issues about whether the applicable statute of limitations was tolled under the continuous treatment doctrine, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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August 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on copyright protection for artistic elements of everyday products, a Southern District judge has ruled that a light set's decorative covers deserve protection because they are "sculptural works ... capable of existing apart from the utilitarian aspect of the light set."
By Jason Grant
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August 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Suffolk County student who has a volatile and limited relationship with her parents meets the definition of "homeless" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the state's education commissioner has decided in an opinion that some claim broadens the act's reach significantly.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
August 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A lesbian employee of the New York City Transit Authority may add sexual orientation discrimination claims that would have been otherwise time-barred to her lawsuit because they "relate back" to her original claims of gender discrimination, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
August 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A retrial must be held in a personal injury case because transcript "inadequacies," created by a court reporter who fell asleep during trial and later died, prevented a judge from properly considering a motion to set aside the verdict, a state appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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August 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A rehabilitation facility's attempts to contact a deceased patient's family—including leaving voicemails and trying to track a P.O. Box—meant the deceased's estate and family did not have its right to sepulcher violated when a guardian buried the decedent, a state appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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August 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Allegations of malice, without evidentiary support, by a fired employee in a defamation lawsuit overcame the common-interest privilege raised as a defense by his former employer at the motion to dismiss stage, a state appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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