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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
January 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Much of the former makeup artist's 2019-filed suit, in which she details Rose allegedly "preying" on female staff for years at a TV studio described as a "sexual hunting ground," is no longer alive. But it appears gender discrimination and harassment claims remain in the suit.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
January 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal
The Appellate Division, First Department's opinion, which addressed the four different claims succinctly, saying each was devoid of any merit, appears to be a blow through the heart of the musician's 10-claim, 2019-filed suit against Sweeney.
By Jason Grant
8 minute read
January 12, 2023 | New York Law Journal
"When it mattered most, Richard Donoghue stood up for the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law," said Sherry Levin Wallach, the New York State Bar Association's president.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
January 11, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Gibson Dunn's lawsuit filed in 2016 alleges that several individual defendants are liable based on theories of alter ego and piercing the corporate veil after a judgment for outstanding fees was entered against former client Be In, Inc.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
January 9, 2023 | New York Law Journal
One clients ended up being ordered deported, and three others had removal proceedings initiated against them before they ended their relationships with the lawyer, said the Appellate Division, First Department court.
By Jason Grant
5 minute read
January 6, 2023 | New York Law Journal
"Plaintiff did not place his entire medical condition in controversy by suing to recover damages for orthopedic injuries to his shoulders, hands, and right wrist by alleging in the bill of particulars that those injuries are permanent in nature," wrote an Appellate Division, First Department panel.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
January 3, 2023 | New York Law Journal
"Although an attorney representing the executor of an estate, generally, is not liable to the beneficiaries of the estate, as the attorney does not represent the estate itself, when fraud, collusion, malicious acts, or other special circumstances exist, an attorney may be liable to ... for harm caused by professional negligence," the Second Department justices wrote.
By Jason Grant
4 minute read
December 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal
In making apparently related rulings on the deposition testimony of defendant Xin Development Management East's representative Ryan Black, the Appellate Division, First Department court cited successive subsections of New York's Civil Practice Law and Rules, or CPLR, statute.
By Jason Grant
3 minute read
December 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal
As part of the lawyer's federal guilty plea, he also admitted to misappropriating $316,699 in client funds from his attorney escrow account during the scheme, according to the Appellate Division, First Department court.
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
December 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal
In the two months that followed the event, several ex-judges questioned whether the courtroom dedication at 60 Centre Street should have happened at all.
By Jason Grant
10 minute read
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