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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 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm of Staten Island pleaded guilty in December 2014 to one count of aiding in the preparation of false tax returns. He was accused of underreporting more than $1 million in income, sales and wages from a restaurant he ran.
By Jason Grant
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May 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Bronx jury has awarded nearly $10.6 million to the husband of a woman struck and killed by a van when its driver, who was working for a laundry business, made a left-hand turn.
By Jason Grant
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May 16, 2017 | New York Law Journal
An insurer who underwrote mortgage-backed securities that failed during the 2008 housing crisis must prove all the elements of common-law fraud in its suit against Countrywide Home Loans, a Manhattan appeals court has ruled. "There is no merit to Ambac's contention that Insurance Law §3105 dispenses with the common-law requirement of proving justifiable reliance and loss causation," Justice Richter wrote for the panel.
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May 16, 2017 | Legaltech News
S.D.N.Y. Magistrate Judge Barbara Moses called the plaintiff's discovery requests 'remarkably uninformative and, in a number of respects, implausible.'
By Jason Grant
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May 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A Manhattan lawyer may face sanctions for failing to produce documents related to the whereabouts of his corporate client after nearly a year of "remarkably uninformative" and "implausible" discovery responses, a magistrate judge has ruled.
By Jason Grant
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May 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota, whose office is reportedly under federal investigation for possible corruption, has announced he will not seek re-election in November.
By Jason Grant
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May 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A jury handed down a mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of a Broadway press agent accused of scaring off an angel investor who stood ready to save the ill-fated production "Rebecca-The Musical."
By Jason Grant
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May 9, 2017 | New York Law Journal
A woman's case against a personal injury firm should go forward after the firm's expert failed to address the basis of the woman's claim and ignored her testimony at trial, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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May 8, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Southern District Judge Laura Taylor Swain has been selected to preside over Puerto Rico's bankruptcy-protection filing, which may lead to the largest municipal debt restructuring in U.S. history.
By Jason Grant
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May 8, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Aaron Davidson, the former president of Traffic Sports USA and ex-chairman of the North American Soccer League's board of governors, has been suspended from practicing law in New York. He contended that he was essentially a minor participant in the FIFA conspiracy.
By Jason Grant
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