• Luongo v. Civilian Complaint Review Board, 100250/15

    Publication Date: 2017-04-03
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Before: Sweeny, Jr., J.P., Acosta, Moskowitz, Kapnick, Kahn, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Records Access Officer, Civilian Complaint Review Board, Appellant: Aaron M. Bloom, Richard Dearing and Devin Slack of counsel, Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York. For Officer Daniel Pantaleo, Appellant: Mitchell Garber of counsel, Worth, Longworth & London, New York.
    for defendant: For Respondent: Cynthia Conti-Cook of counsel Seymour W. James, Jr., The Legal Aid Society, New York and Jeffrey L. Braun and Anna K. Ostrom of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York. For Communities United for Police Reform, The Association of Muslim American Lawyers, Center for Constitutional Rights, Center for Popular Democracy, Just LeadershipUSA, Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, Latino Justice PRLDEF, New York Civil Liberties Union, The Public Science Project, Urban Justice Center, Alliance for Quality Education, Arab American Association of New York, Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation, The Black Institute, Brooklyn Movement Center, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, Citizen Action of New York NYC Chapter, Equality for Flatbush, FIERCE, Filipino American Democratic Club of NY, The Gathering for Justice/Justice League NYC, Girls for Gender Equity, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, Justice Committee, Make the Road New York, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, NAACP New York State Conference, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, New York Communities for Change, The Peace Poets, Picture the Homeless, Queens Neighborhood United, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and UPROSE, amici curiae: Jane L. Moisan, David B. Rankin and Vanessa Selbst of counsel, Rankin & Taylor, PLLC, New York. For Progresive Caucus of the New York City Council, Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus of the New York City Council, United States Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, amici curiae: Avram E. Luft, Nefertiti J. Alexander, Mark E. McDonald and Grace J. Kurland of counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York For The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Advance Publications, Inc., The Associated Press ("AP"), BuzzFeed, Daily News, LP, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The E. W. Scripps Company, First Look Media Works, Inc., Gannett Co., Inc., Gawker Media LLC, Hearst Corporation, MPA-The Association of Magazine Media ("MPA"), The National Press Club, The National Press Photographers Association ("NPPA"), The New York Times Company, News 12, The News Guild — CWA, Newsday LLC ("Newsday"), Online News Association ("ONA"), Radio Television Digital News Association ("RTDNA") and The Tully Center for Free Speech, amici curiae: Alison Schary of counsel, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 100250/15

    Appeals Court Flips Decision on Files in Eric Garne

  • The State of N.Y. v. Spherion Corp., 15 Civ. 6605

    Publication Date: 2017-04-03
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge John Keenan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff/Relator Vinod Khurana: David Kovel, Esq., David Bishop, Esq., Kirby McInernery, LLP. John R. Newcomer, Jr., Esq. Elaine Stromgren, Esq. Jillian Estes, Esq. James Hoyer, P.A.
    for defendant: For The City of New York: Zachary W. Carter, Esq., Gail Rubin, Esq., Sabita Krishnan, Esq., Lilia Toson, Esq., Corporation Counsel of The City of New York

    Case Number: 15 Civ. 6605

    Qui Tam Claims Dismissed, Pact's Settlement Not Alternate Remedy; Relator's Award

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    Newmakers: Month of April

    Pamela R. Metzger, a criminal justice scholar, has been named director of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law's new Deason Family Criminal Justice Reform C

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  • March 31, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Senate's Uneventful Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

    Recently, we discussed in prior articles the antitrust legacy of Neil Gorsuch, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and nominee for the Supreme Court of the United St

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  • New York State v. Spherion, 15 Civ. 6605

    Publication Date: 2017-03-31
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge John Keenan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff/Relator Vinod Khurana: David Kovel, Esq., David Bishop, Esq., Kirby McInernery, LLP, John R. Newcomer, Jr., Esq., Elaine Stromgren, Esq., Jillian Estes, Esq., James Hoyer, P.A.
    for defendant: For The City Of New York: Zachary W. Carter, Esq., Gail Rubin, Esq., Sabita Krishnan, Esq., Lilia Toson, Esq., Corporation Counsel of The City of New York

    Case Number: 15 Civ. 6605 (JFK)

    Fired Engineer Denied Whistleblowing Fee in CityTime S

  • March 30, 2017 | The Recorder

    Trump Travel Ban Boomerangs Back to the Ninth Circuit

    The Trump administration on Thursday appealed a Hawaii federal judge's preliminary injunction blocking the president's second travel ban, sending the issue back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

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  • Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach (Newport Banning Ranch LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-03-30
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government | Non–Profit
    Date Filed: 2017-03-30
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leibold McClendon & Mann, John G. McClendon, Douglas M. Johnson and David H. Mann for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Harp, City Attorney, Leonie Mulvihill, Assistant City Attorney; Remy Moose Manley, Whitman F. Manley and Jennifer S. Holman for Defendants and Appellants.

    Case Number:

    Consideration of environmentally sensitive coastal habitat areas may not be deferred until after project approval (Corrigan, J.)

  • Avila v. Spokane School District 81

    Publication Date: 2017-03-30
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-03-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Edward F. Shea, District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Richard C. Tallman, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark A. Silver (argued) and Jeffrey A. Zachman, Denton US LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Richard D. Salgado, Dentons US LLP, Dallas, Texas; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Gregory Lee Stevens (argued), Stevens Clay P.S., Spokane, Washington, for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-35965

    Discovery rule and not occurrence rule determines timeliness of claims under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Christen, J.)

  • The People of the State of New York v. Demar A. Lawrence

    Publication Date: 2017-03-30
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION THIRD DEPARTMENT
    Judge: Egan Jr., J.P., Lynch, Rose, Clark and Mulvey, JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 108291