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Jane Wester is a litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal. Email her at [email protected] or find her on Twitter @janewester.
April 8, 2021 | New York Law Journal
At a dress-rehearsal conference, attorneys also familiarized themselves with the devices they will use to communicate during the trial while they're unable to lean in for whispered conversations.
By Jane Wester
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April 6, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Acting U.S. Attorney Mark Lesko's chief assistant U.S. attorney is Jacquelyn Kasulis, a Kirkland & Ellis alum who previously served as chief of the criminal division. He said in a statement that Kasulis will oversee the office's day-to-day operations, including its ongoing COVID-19 response.
By Jane Wester
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April 6, 2021 | New York Law Journal
James Cho, a former president of the Asian American Bar Association of New York and the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York, is the district's first Korean American judge.
By Jane Wester
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April 5, 2021 | New York Law Journal
The NRA filed for bankruptcy protection in January, announcing it planned to decamp from New York, where it has been chartered as a nonprofit, and reincorporate in Texas.
By Jane Wester
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April 2, 2021 | New York Law Journal
U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee acknowledged in his five-page order that the shoe designer has asserted a free-expression defense and would have the opportunity to pursue that defense at the preliminary injunction stage. "First Amendment rights of artistic expression are paramount," he wrote.
By Jane Wester
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April 1, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Colinford Mattis, who is suspended from his job as an associate at Pryor Cashman, and Urooj Rahman, a tenants' attorney in Bronx Housing Court, have been on home confinement since June. They have pleaded not guilty to charges connected with the alleged firebombing of an empty police vehicle.
By Jane Wester
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March 29, 2021 | New York Law Journal
A Bronx Supreme Court justice said New York state has provided "no justification" for the disparate treatment of incarcerated adults.
By Jane Wester
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March 29, 2021 | New York Law Journal
Jury selection in the case began March 24, part of last week's resumption of in-person jury trials around New York state.
By Jane Wester
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March 29, 2021 | New York Law Journal
The Ontario County judge, who is not an attorney, made Facebook posts in July expressing his support for law enforcement and sharing photos of himself in an Ontario County Sheriff's uniform.
By Jane Wester
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March 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal
A trial attorney with Chopra & Nocerino told Justice Lawrence Knipel, administrative judge for civil matters in Kings County, that he had begun to participate in proceedings wearing a face shield but was told he had to wear a mask, according to a transcript of the proceedings. That led to the abrupt end of the trial.
By Jane Wester
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