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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
September 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan appeals court has more than cut in half the wrongful death damages awarded to the families of two men killed in a horrific 2008 crane collapse, but lawyers for the families, as well as defense counsel, said the remaining amounts awarded may still be groundbreaking, especially in the area of pre-impact terror damages.
By Jason Grant
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September 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Robert Coulson, who was among the longest-serving AAA presidents and helped expand the use of alternative dispute resolution in America's legal system, has died.
By Jason Grant
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September 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A New York federal judge has more than halved attorney fees due to an Ethiopian cookbook author who was wrongly sued for copyright infringement, finding that her defense counsel billed "excessive" hours for often straightforward work.
By Jason Grant
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September 8, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A young Manhattan attorney who ran a firm's practice by wrongfully taking instructions from her old boss, who was suspended from practicing law, has now been suspended herself by a state appeals court.
By Jason Grant
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September 7, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice caught in a re-election controversy last year has leveled a $40 million defamation lawsuit at the New York Post, claiming that articles about the flap falsely branded her as a "lazy," "slow" and "lackluster" judge.
By Jason Grant
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September 6, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel when his lawyer told him that he "could be" deported—not that he definitely would be deported—as a result of his guilty plea for attempted robbery, a divided state appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Rockland County arm of Black Lives Matter has leveled a federal civil rights lawsuit claiming that the Clarkstown Police Department illegally surveilled its members, using a special intelligence unit and lumping in the group with terrorists and gangs.
By Jason Grant
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August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A blind woman's medical malpractice action against her doctor cannot be dismissed as time-barred because she has raised factual issues about whether the applicable statute of limitations was tolled under the continuous treatment doctrine, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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August 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on copyright protection for artistic elements of everyday products, a Southern District judge has ruled that a light set's decorative covers deserve protection because they are "sculptural works ... capable of existing apart from the utilitarian aspect of the light set."
By Jason Grant
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August 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Suffolk County student who has a volatile and limited relationship with her parents meets the definition of "homeless" under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the state's education commissioner has decided in an opinion that some claim broadens the act's reach significantly.
By Jason Grant
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