Jason Grant

January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The three-judge panel made clear that the court system and government prosecutors from the Western District of New York, along with Joseph Tigano III's own court-appointed defense lawyer, had let him down at nearly every juncture of his seven-year wait for trial.

By Jason Grant |

7 minute read

January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The dismissal “will not deter us from making sure that farmworkers enjoy the same basic rights as every other hardworking New Yorker,” said Donna Lieberman, the NYCLU's executive director.

By Jason Grant |

5 minute read

January 11, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Dutchess County District Attorney William Grady considers recent policy shifts moving away from requesting monetary bail in misdemeanor and violations cases to be “somewhat misguided.”

By Jason Grant |

6 minute read

January 10, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Morrison & Foerster could face millions of dollars in potential damages after a New York appellate panel revived a legal malpractice case brought by Macquarie Capital.

By Christine Simmons | Jason Grant |

5 minute read

January 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.'s policy shift came the same day as the New York Civil Liberties Union announced the filing of an extensive habeas corpus petition, under equal protection and due process principles, on behalf of a Dutchess County resident behind bars because he can't afford bail.

By Jason Grant |

6 minute read

January 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A unanimous appeals panel censured lawyer Jeffrey Leighton, even though there is apparently no precedent for a censure when the clients aren't cheated.

By Jason Grant |

3 minute read

January 08, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Joan Kline, a justice of the Guilford Town Court and a former justice of the Oxford Town and Village Courts, located in Chenango County, has agreed to the censure.

By Jason Grant |

4 minute read

January 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The action, brought by an association of existing companies in the market, aimed to stop an additional five from entering the market.

By Jason Grant

4 minute read

January 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Justice Saliann Scarpulla has found there was no danger of irreparable injury to the plaintiffs, a group of dissenting limited partners in Starrett City who sued claiming the sales price was too low.

By Jason Grant |

3 minute read

January 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Caner Demirayak has sued both New York City and New York State under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other laws. He is trying to compel the Kings County Supreme Court civil courthouse to remove structural barriers that he says impinge on his lawyering.

By Jason Grant

23 minute read