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March 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson's office has hired four new assistant district attorneys who recently completed a one-week training and have started working for various divisions within the office.
By Andrew Denney
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March 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A unanimous Second Department panel affirmed a Queens trial court ruling that the district attorney's office failed to justify police officers' warrantless entry onto Horatio Morris' property, where officers found a gun in a black plastic bag that Morris had dropped in his driveway.
By Andrew Denney
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March 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Counsel for Daniel Pelosi argued before the Second Department Friday that the lead prosecutor in his high-profile trial for the murder of a Wall Street financier prejudiced the jury during cross-examination by painting a picture of Pelosi as a womanizer and a sadist who was prone to fits of rage.
By Andrew Denney
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March 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Prosecutors in a first-degree manslaughter trial used race-based challenges against two black prospective jurors, requiring the reversal of the defendant's conviction and a new trial, a Second Department panel has ruled.
By Andrew Denney
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March 9, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has reached a settlement agreement with the country's three largest credit reporting agencies to increase consumer protections, including making it easier to dispute mistakes on credit reports and lessening the effects of medical debt.
By Andrew Denney and Associated Press
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March 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Addressing a concern among some New York lawyers that adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam might negatively affect minorities, the president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners testified Wednesday there has been no evidence of that in the 15 states that now use the test.
By Andrew Denney
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March 5, 2015 | New York Law Journal
In August, the ABA changed its rules to allow law schools to admit 10 percent of students in their entering classes without the LSAT, which has allowed St. John's University School of Law and the University at Buffalo Law School to admit high-performing students from affiliated undergraduate programs.
By Andrew Denney
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March 2, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Richard Schwartz, an attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson known for his work in environmental law and his dedication to sustainability and local food, died Feb. 21 from complications from cancer.
By Andrew Denney
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March 2, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A lower court properly granted a motion for summary judgment filed by a man who sued Consolidated Edison and the city of New York after he and his dog both suffered electric shocks after stepping in a puddle, an appellate court affirmed on Feb. 25.
By Andrew Denney
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February 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal
A Second Department panel said that in determining the appropriate punishment for Natasha McDougall, the supervising court attorney for Brooklyn Family Court Supervising Judge Jeanette Ruiz, it took into account the "high regard" with which she is held and her "genuine remorse" for not reporting her shoplifting arrest when she was 16.
By Andrew Keshner and Andrew Denney
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