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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 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Bailey's "statements, which concern a landlord/tenant dispute between a large real estate developer and a sole holdout tenant [represented by Bailey], constituted comments and an exercise of free speech in connection with an issue of public interest," said an Appellate Division, First Department panel.
By Jason Grant
10 minute read
June 8, 2023 | New York Law Journal
A state appeals court Thursday rejected an ex-Bronx-prosecutor-turned-defense-attorney's effort to compel FOIL request information tied to all Bronx ADAs at his old office who've committed "misconduct" during Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark's tenure.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
June 7, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The Appellate Division, First Department's decision allows a lawsuit to proceed with a claim for retaliatory discharge that has been lodged by a former residency coordinator who worked at a Bronx-based residency for Catholic priests.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
June 6, 2023 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan-based appeals court has come down in favor of Jay-Z in his long-running battle with Parlux Fragrances over a cologne it claimed he failed to promote, turning back the company's attempt to flip a 2021 jury verdict and affirming the rapper's $6.78 million counterclaim award.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
June 5, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The five-justice appellate panel wrote that "absent an expert affidavit, defendant [Belkin] failed to establish prima facie that its alleged negligence ... was not a proximate cause of plaintiff's losses."
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
May 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan lawyer was immediately suspended from practicing law after allegedly taking at least $78,000 from an escrow account that kept buyer deposits in advance of his client's apartment sale and after admitting he'd personally used his client's funds during his addiction, according to a state appeals court opinion.
By Jason Grant
3 minute read
May 26, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Plaintiff Marvin E. Goldberg, who appears runs a solo or boutique law firm founded in 1983, "provided documents for each case for which defendants allegedly failed to pay referral fees pursuant to the parties' purported fee-sharing agreement," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
May 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal
It was unclear when Hochul will appoint one of the recommended candidates to the key state appellate position, according to a source who said that three candidates had been interviewed by the First Department Judicial Screening Committee.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
May 22, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The Appellate Division, First Department court indicated the defamation bar was high under state law for "matters of legitimate public concern." It explained that the former high-ranking Gawker editor hadn't cleared the bar in a complaint that contends The Daily Beast's article about her "destroyed" her career and made her "essentially unemployable."
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
May 18, 2023 | Law.com
The basis of the charge appears to center on Jacob, who also is a former Olympic snowboarder and an experienced skydiver, telling investigators that he didn't know the location of the plane's wreckage when, in fact, he and a friend flew a helicopter to the site, loaded up the wreckage using straps, and then airlifted it to a cattle ranch winery, where they stuck it in a trailer, according to prosecutors.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
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