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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
June 29, 2021 | Law.com
"It is very difficult in such a highly politicized matter for courts to have the courage to call out somebody like Mr. Giuliani and to impose sanctions on them," said Leslie Levin, a University of Connecticut law professor. "And so what that First Department [court] did was courageous, and I think it was right."
By Jason Grant
10 minute read
June 7, 2021 | Law.com
"I think I was going into 2020 just sort of drifting along. And in some ways, everything that happened to me [with COVID-19] was a much-needed wake-up call. And I feel that my life and career are very on track right now," Lat said.
By Jason Grant
16 minute read
March 3, 2021 | National Law Journal
"The complaints against Mr. Giuliani allege serious misconduct," said the city bar association in an 11-page report, and they "appear to be substantiated by extensive evidence—consisting in large part of Mr. Giuliani's own statements."
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
February 23, 2021 | New York Law Journal
"The truth is if Mr. Caplan had not been someone who had a great [ethics] lawyer, and if he hadn't been from a white-shoe law firm, he may not" have ended up with a retroactive two-year license suspension from the First Department court, but rather could have received a harsher sanction, said University of Connecticut law professor Leslie Levin.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
February 18, 2021 | New York Law Journal
"The Referee noted that the record itself showed that [Caplan's] criminal actions were 'out of character with his professional life and his desire to make amends,'" the First Department panel of five justices wrote in their decision Thursday.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
February 9, 2021 | Law.com
"The counterclaim in this case is a strategy to silence racial justice advocates that you might expect from segregationists in the South in the 1950s," one law professor said of a recent action lodged by the city of Detroit against Black Lives Matter protesters alleging civil conspiracy.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
January 29, 2021 | Law.com
"The risk of invisibility is even more acute with women of color," attorney Debbie Epstein Henry said during a recent New York State Bar Association panel on the challenges of retaining and advancing women attorneys.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
January 27, 2021 | Law.com
"We all know there's a risk that we are going to emerge from the pandemic with an even more consolidated economy, more concentrated, less competitive. That's because 100,000 American small businesses have already closed for good, with thousands more at risk, increasing market concentration," the Minnesota Democrat said. Klobuchar is expected to become the new chairwoman of the Senate's antitrust law subcommittee.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
April 13, 2020 | New York Law Journal
The professor said through a lawyer that he had "achieved everything he set about to accomplish," while the Times said that we "chose not to enter into a settlement agreement but instead decided to make minor changes in the lead [of the article]" while noting that "as we were about to file a motion to dismiss, Professor Lessig withdrew his suit, before a judge was able to assess the suit's merits."
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
April 1, 2020 | New York Law Journal
"I don't think I've fully wrapped my head—and heart—around the enormity of what I've just been through," he said during his first interview since returning to stable condition. "And I'm so grateful to be alive."
By Jason Grant
8 minute read
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