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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
March 8, 2023 | New York Law Journal
"Mr. Hutcher says that this is some attempt to quell lawyers in their advocacy and lawyers will be chilled," said Randy Mastro, who is representing Madison Square Garden, during oral arguments before the Appellate Division, First Department court. "I have to say, you'll forgive me for saying this: But, to me, that's an insult to lawyers who do what we do."
By Jason Grant
9 minute read
March 7, 2023 | New York Law Journal
"Once you go down this road, where will it end?" said longtime Manhattan lawyer Larry Hutcher, who is suing MSG Entertainment Corp. "Will attorneys be barred from Starbucks, Target, or TopGolf only because they represent clients who allege to have been harmed in some manner?"
By Jason Grant
9 minute read
March 6, 2023 | Insurance Coverage Law Center
"Just because the act of using an illegal substance is purposeful does not mean that an injury stemming from that act, including a fatal overdose, was too," said the unanimous opinion.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
March 3, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The Bronx Supreme Court "providently exercised its discretion" in denying the injured plaintiffs' default-judgment motion "where defendants' insurance carrier was declared insolvent and placed into liquidation shortly after the commencement of this action," wrote the appeals panel.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
March 2, 2023 | Law.com
Regardless of whether the veterans' club's attorney "has been declared to be a vexatious litigator, it is clear that [the club] has been," wrote the high court.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
March 1, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The Appellate Division, First Department's opinion on Tuesday said that beginning in January 2010 the attorney had misrepresented himself as retired or as an active military member in order to avoid complying with CLE requirements, and that in 2016 he'd received an "admonition" from a grievance committee "directing him to earn four CLE credits" but he never complied.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
February 28, 2023 | Law.com
"Using heroin is not itself an 'intentionally self inflicted injury'; for example, a person who uses heroin to get high would not necessarily be thought of as an 'injured' party," wrote the appeals panel.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
February 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The Appellate Division, First Department court also turned back the financing company's argument that Civil Practice Law and Rules 321(c), which stays an action when there's death, removal or disability of an attorney, should've paused the lawsuit.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
February 23, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Davidoff Hutcher also asked in its complaint that the state Supreme Court schedule "a hearing on the reasonable attorneys' fees DHC is contractually entitled to as the prevailing party in this litigation."
By Jason Grant
3 minute read
February 22, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The bar association task force's proposed changes are "designed to modernize, rationalize and clarify New York's UCC," while preserving and, hopefully, expanding New York's status "as a commercial, financial and legal capital," according to a newly released 21-page report about the amendments.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
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