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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
August 19, 2021 | New York Law Journal
"It was very important to him that we" in the communities of the South Bronx "see the law and the court as a place where we could have careers," said Veronica Guerrero, counsel for the Appellate Division, First Department court's Character and Fitness Committee.
By Jason Grant
9 minute read
August 6, 2021 | Law.com
The federal suit lodged by GMU Antonin Scalia Law School Professor Todd Zywicki centers on the argument that he has already "acquired robust natural immunity" from previously contracting COVID-19 and that his immunologist has "advised him that, based on his immunity status and personal medical history, it is medically unnecessary to undergo a vaccination."
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
June 25, 2021 | Law.com
"Giuliani may be able to make some headway with the defense that he was relying on other sources [for the truth of his election statements] if he can come forward with a source," said Leslie Levin, a University of Connecticut law professor. Although, "just because someone says something, doesn't mean that you [as an attorney] can say it," she added. "You need credible evidence."
By Jason Grant
6 minute read
June 7, 2021 | Law.com
"I think I was going into 2020 just sort of drifting along. And in some ways, everything that happened to me [with COVID-19] was a much-needed wake-up call. And I feel that my life and career are very on track right now," Lat said.
By Jason Grant
16 minute read
May 18, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Among the mitigating factors were that Foncillas accepted full responsibility for misconduct and didn't try to "blame anyone or anything for it," the First Department said.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
April 20, 2021 | New York Law Journal
"This young man, like many young men in Family Court, is beset with a series of personal issues. So for her to hurl epithets at him is almost like piling on to his problems," said Holden Thornhill, a Black man who's been practicing law in Family Court for 25 years, of his teenage client. Thornhill also reflected on the racism he's faced as a Black attorney.
By Jason Grant
7 minute read
February 24, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
"Property damage claims could surpass any [amount generated by an event] we've ever known, including [those produced by] Hurricanes Harvey and Rita," said George Christian, senior counsel at the Texas Civil Justice League, a tort reform and business liability-focused organization.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
February 9, 2021 | Law.com
"The counterclaim in this case is a strategy to silence racial justice advocates that you might expect from segregationists in the South in the 1950s," one law professor said of a recent action lodged by the city of Detroit against Black Lives Matter protesters alleging civil conspiracy.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
January 29, 2021 | Law.com
"The risk of invisibility is even more acute with women of color," attorney Debbie Epstein Henry said during a recent New York State Bar Association panel on the challenges of retaining and advancing women attorneys.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
December 8, 2020 | Law.com
"The defunding movement in effect started in Minneapolis in the aftermath of George Floyd's death, and we are hoping that our action, if we prevail, will help others to fight back," said Douglas Seaton, president of the nonprofit Upper Midwest Law Center.
By Jason Grant
1 minute read
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