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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
May 27, 2022 | New York Law Journal
"I have a deep passion to honor equal justice for all," said Wallach during an interview. "I hope that this position will give me that privilege."
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
May 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
The ruling, hailed as a victory by Attorney General Letitia James, comes one day after yet another mass shooting has shaken the United States, this one the killing of 19 children and two teachers by a lone gunman rampaging through a Texas school.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
May 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
The former patient's "posts concerning the plastic surgery performed upon her … qualify as an exercise of her constitutional right of free speech and a comment on a matter of legitimate public concern and public interest," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court in a detailed opinion.
By Jason Grant
7 minute read
May 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal
A preamble to the new rule, which heavily amends the Commercial Division's Rule 11 on discovery, states that "it is important that counsel's discovery requests, including depositions, are both proportional and reasonable in light of the complexity of the case and the amount of proof that is required for the cause of action."
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
May 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Reich was first indicted after prosecutors alleged that he'd stabbed his wife, a physician, more than 20 times in the shower on Jan. 20, 2016, while using an 8-inch kitchen knife, according to reports.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
May 16, 2022 | New York Law Journal
The First Department's attorney grievance committee had opposed Ahern in his move to have a disbarment made retroactive to 2016, because he hadn't reported his felony conviction to the state court system until more than four years after his conviction. But the Appellate Division court did rule that the disbarment would be retroactive.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
May 13, 2022 | New York Law Journal
According to the judicial-conduct commission's administrator, there was no evidence of theft committed by the judge. The commission noted the judge previously had been disciplined twice, including for sending a letter to a criminal judge and a district attorney in which he "vouch[ed] for the defendant's character, referring repeatedly to his judicial office."
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
May 13, 2022 | New York Law Journal
The program is being run by the state bar association's Task Force on Racism, Social Equity, and the Law. Separately, the task force is expected in mid-June to release a major report examining areas disproportionately affecting minorities and the underprivileged, including health, economic opportunities, housing, education, environmental justice and criminal justice, a spokeswoman told the New York Law Journal.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
May 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal
In just the last three weeks, the state bar group has entered into partnership agreements with overseas bar associations in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Barcelona, according to a chart provided by the state bar.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
May 6, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Belluck, founding partner of the Manhattan firm of Belluck & Fox, was reelected to his fourth two-year term as chair. Grays, vice president and associate general counsel for information governance at MetLife Inc., was reelected to her second two-year term as vice chair.
By Jason Grant
3 minute read
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