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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
October 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal
"Plaintiffs have failed to state a claim for breach of fiduciary duty" under Scottish law, which controls, "as Scots law states that directors generally owe fiduciary duties only to their company, not to its shareholders," wrote the appeals court based in Manhattan.
By Jason Grant
7 minute read
October 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal
In choosing to accept a joint motion requesting the attorney only be punished with a public censure, as opposed to a license suspension or disbarment, the Appellate Division, First Department court went to extraordinary lengths to explain that it wasn't "tolerating disrespectful and discourteous behavior by a member of the Bar."
By Jason Grant
7 minute read
October 13, 2022 | Law.com
"Here, given the deficiencies in the administrative record, remand was probably the best result for which plaintiff could have reasonably hoped," wrote Massachusetts federal Judge Dennis Saylor. "The Court therefore will not reduce the amount of time spent" on the pension benefits claim "for lack of success."
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
October 13, 2022 | Law.com
Cotton will take over from County Administrative Judge Sheila Tillerson Adams, who is retiring. "I understand the importance of ensuring timely access to justice and have an appreciation of the impact that the Judiciary has on the lives of people that we serve in our community," said Cotton in a statement.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
October 10, 2022 | Law.com
An Arizona parental-rights attorney was suspended from practicing law for 90 days after practicing for several months with a previously suspended license because of unfulfilled continuing legal education obligations, in one instance forcing a "panicked" client to get new court-appointed counsel on the day of a juvenile-court severance trial.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
October 10, 2022 | Law.com
The State Bar of Michigan has announced its annual pro-bono honor roll, recognizing individual lawyers who provided more than 30, 50 and 100 hours of pro-bono services in 2021, as well as law firms and corporations that had a "per-attorney average" of more than 30, 50 and 100 hours pro-bono services last year.
By Jason Grant
2 minute read
October 7, 2022 | New York Law Journal
The Appellate Division, First Department court ruling represents another piece of the heated litigation between the tenant and the building owner, and, in a sense, prominent lawyer Bailey.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
October 6, 2022 | Law.com
"Nor can a driver rightly be held responsible for ambient conditions that render a tag illegible," wrote a unanimous panel of Eighth Circuit judges in the Fourth Amendment search and seizure case.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
October 6, 2022 | Law.com
Funding for the new courses and the chosen faculty to staff them, which include judges, lawyers, probation officers, coordinators and treatment providers, comes from the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance.
By Jason Grant
3 minute read
October 5, 2022 | New York Law Journal
The proposal would amend Commercial Division Rule 36, which, as currently written, authorizes virtual evidentiary hearings and bench trials only with the consent of the parties to the litigation.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
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