Strictly Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

However, New York takes a different approach. New York’s state securities statute, also known as the “Martin Act,” is unique among all other state securities statutes in that it generally does not regulate securities offerings but instead requires some issuers to be registered as “dealers” in their own securities.

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The Fashion Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On the heels of the high fashion retailer and the magazine publisher pushing back against the models’ claims in respective motions to dismiss, and a New York federal court stripping down the case, Condé Nast is trying to get the rest of the case – including the plaintiffs’ right of publicity and unjust enrichment claims – tossed out. .

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The Crime Report

MARCH 23, 2022

Federal prosecutors in New York are defending Chicago-based singer R. Prosecutors wrote in motions that all of the elements to sustain a racketeering conviction were proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that claims Kelly’s trial was tainted by juror bias or errors by his trial attorneys were without merit.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

States such as California, New York, Illinois and the territory of the District of Columbia joined in the lawsuit against Meta. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul commented on the lawsuit, “Our children are in crisis, and we need to act.” 33 US states filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms Inc.,

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The Crime Report

MARCH 7, 2022

Among the city’s five district attorneys, this rate ranged from a high of 23 percent in Manhattan to just 1 percent in the Bronx, where just a single hate crime arrest out of a total of 92 resulted in a hate crime conviction since District Attorney Darcel Clark took control of the office in 2016.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The New York Times lost a critical effort to block the defamation lawsuit brought by University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears. On March 20, Spears’s attorney demanded a public retraction of the statements pursuant to Ala. We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions.

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The Crime Report

JULY 9, 2021

attorneys investigated 1,864 suspects in matters involving violations of federal hate crime laws during that period, said a BJS report released Thursday. rose to their highest level in more than a decade, and more murders motivated by hate were recorded, according to FBI statistics reported by The New York Times. “It

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the threats faced by New York Gov. That is common in sexual harassment cases and hostile workplaces where you can get around statute of limitations when at least one case is recent or ongoing. The New York Penal Law focuses on “forcible touching” cases. Here is the provision : 130.52

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The class action complaint filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York alleged that in 2019 Musk and his corporations, SpaceX and Tesla, purchased, developed, promoted, and operated Dogecoin. Johnson accused Musk of orchestrating a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, also known as a Ponzi scheme.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Share This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Mark Brnovich is the attorney general of Arizona. “… the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”. A preview of the case is here.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. In the last 17 months, 20 people have died in New York’s notorious jail facility on Rikers Island, the majority of whom were pre-trial detainees.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

New York made apparent that a New York evidentiary rule, known as the “door opening” rule, implicates the Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause. Fisher responded that objections based on the right of confrontation were made at trial after New York sought to introduce Morris’ plea allocution.

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American Legal Net

JULY 8, 2021

Papers also may be deposited in the Court’s Night Box, located in the lobby of the Thurgood Marshall United States Court, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY. For new cases in which a docketing notice has not yet issued, opening papers may be emailed to newcases@ca2.uscourts.gov. Attorney Matters. uscourts.gov. uscourts.gov.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 11, 2021

Oregon State Bar , the justices are asked to review the use of mandatory attorney dues by the Oregon State Bar to fund political and ideological speech. The challengers are Oregon attorneys who say the state bar uses the mandatory dues to fund legislative advocacy and other speech on matters of public importance. Next, in Crowe v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 21, 2022

On September 22, 2022, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Columbia Climate School co-hosted a Climate Week NYC webinar on “Siting Renewables in New York: Ambitious Climate Goals, a New Siting Process, and How It Is Going.” Panel Suggestions on Further Improvements to the Siting Process in New York.

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Hoban Law Group

JUNE 8, 2021

Including improper drug claims in the labeling of non-drug products can expose your company to liability from the FDA/FTC to consumer actions brought under state consumer protections statutes, class action lawsuits, etc. New York, Florida, etc.). Ensure the Validity and Compliance of All Other Product Claims.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

Using the enforcement tools – particularly the higher fines – authorized by the PIRATE Act passed by Congress in 2020, the FCC proposed a to impose a fine of $2,316,034 on one alleged operator of a pirate radio station in the New York City area, and a fine of $80,000 fine on another operator of a pirate station in Oregon.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For the first time, the majority of attorneys are reporting using a laptop computer as their primary device to conduct work. If attorneys are in their offices less, it is logical that the desktop computers that are in those offices are not going to be used as often. This trend is most pronounced in firms with 10-49 attorneys.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Vullo involves a lawsuit in which the NRA alleges that Maria Vullo, then the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services, violated its First Amendment rights by threatening its business partners to try to encourage them to disassociate from the NRA. New York and 335-7 LLC v. City of New York, NY.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 29, 2024

They described the question presented by the case as “critically important,” explaining that “RICO is a frequently litigated federal statute that imposes treble damages and attorneys’ fees.” “If Harp-Horn, who had worked with her husband, then quit her job, because she believed it was not safe to work without him.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Attorneys are even forced to adapt or function at a slight disadvantage. As a law clerk to a New York State Supreme Court Justice, I was given a unique perspective of this rapid yet effective evolution. Regardless of an attorney’s skill level, sometimes the digital divide was too great, which can affect advocacy skills.

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Intelligize Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The ruling led some experts to label Sarbanes-Oxley “…one of the most employee-friendly whistleblower-protection statutes in the nation.” Meanwhile, a new program spearheaded by the U.S. Attorney Damian Williams in announcing the program as part of his office’s priorities for 2024.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 16, 2022

“You cannot claim self-defense against a danger you create,” said Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger in his closing argument. “If Howrey Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, state statutes vary widely on defining what constitutes aggression. The jury didn’t agree.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The measures range from requiring certification that prosecutors have followed the rules of discovery to eliminating the “absolute” immunity from lawsuits currently granted to prosecuting attorneys. Errors of procedure, failure to file appropriate paperwork, missed communications with defense attorneys or the judge are common examples.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2022

Enigma Software Group USA, LLC , Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that “in an appropriate case, we should consider whether the text of this increasingly important statute aligns with the current state of immunity enjoyed by Internet platforms.” In a 2020 statement respecting the denial of certiorari in Malwarebytes Inc. SuperValu Inc.

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The Crime Report

MAY 13, 2021

Minneapolis Judge Peter Cahill, who oversaw Derek Chauvin’s murder trial, issued a ruling on Wednesday that could significantly increase the amount of time the former police officer spends behind bars, reports the New York Times. Attorneys for Thomas Lane, J.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

For example, Nevada lawyers will have a different retirement process than New York lawyers. According to Law.com , attorney retirement in New York is “remarkably complex” with “variations of ‘retire’… used in different contexts.” Obtain client permission to submit a withdrawal as attorney of record if needed.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2023

Both cases arise under the federal firearm statute, 18 U.S.C. § Soon after, however, the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. Another provision enacted in 1986, Section 922(o)(1), bars the possession or sale of any “machinegun.”

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The respondents are foreign companies: Princess Cruise Lines Ltd is incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in California; Carnival plc is a UK company which functions together with a Panama-incorporated US-headquartered company, and is dual listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

7 warning that “any proposal that would materially change current consumer protections for clients receiving legal services and fundamentally alter the sacrosanct principles of the attorney-client relationship would be heavily scrutinized by our committees.”. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, wrote a letter to bar leaders on Dec. 31 to Feb.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

During oral arguments, MasterCard’s attorney added to this, arguing that “given that these are two sophisticated parties and the covenant not to sue is written so broadly, why shouldn’t we read it for what it says? New York Hospital , 385 N.Y.S.2d See Colton v. 2d 65 (App. 1st Dep’t 1976).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.” Allco Finance Ltd. Klee , Nos. 16-2946 & 16-2949 (2d Cir. June 28, 2017). 47641-0-II (Wash.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

and English courts do not give effect to foreign blocking statutes, like the French Blocking Statute, but have ruled in favor of disclosure of documents and information. Supreme Court ruled that comity requires an assessment of the interests of the foreign nation involved and the requesting nation. [3]

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MyCase

APRIL 24, 2024

Survey respondents confirmed they use GAI to streamline firm processes, from drafting marketing content to finding specific statutes. In 2023, New York lawyer Peter LoDuca included nonexistent reference cases, complete with quotes and judicial decisions, in a legal brief. LoDuca’s colleague Steven A.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

7 warning that “any proposal that would materially change current consumer protections for clients receiving legal services and fundamentally alter the sacrosanct principles of the attorney-client relationship would be heavily scrutinized by our committees.”. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, wrote a letter to bar leaders on Dec. 31 to Feb.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The 2-1 decision by Judges Richard Clifton and Holly Thomas, Bush- and Biden-era appointees respectively, allows enforcement of long-standing “ammunition laws” pending an appeal by California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Judge Benitez cited the US Supreme Court’s opinion in New York Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If you work in New York City, you can file a formal complaint with three different agencies.

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