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21 Mar 2024, 10:58 am by Tom Smith
Manhattan’s largest neighborhood school board district approved a resolution that could lead to a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports – despite sharp community backlash Wednesday night. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 8:00 am
FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISONOn February 22, 2024, the U.S. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 5:00 am
FAMILY COURT'S DETERMINATION WAS REVERSED DUE TO JUDGE’S ERRORSAfter the Rockland County Family Court awarded custody of a child to the father, without a hearing, the maternal uncle appealed.And on its review of the case, the Appellate Division, Second Department, noted that (unless the right is “knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently” waived) a party sued -- or named as a “respondent” -- in a child custody proceeding may request the assistance of an attorney… [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 5:00 am
FAMILY COURT'S DETERMINATION WAS REVERSED DUE TO JUDGE’S ERRORSAfter the Rockland County Family Court awarded custody of a child to the father, without a hearing, the maternal uncle appealed.And on its review of the case, the Appellate Division, Second Department, noted that (unless the right is “knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently” waived) a party sued -- or named as a “respondent” -- in a child custody proceeding may request the assistance of an attorney… [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 4:14 am by jonathanturley
” That is hardly a promising review before Cohen appears as the star witness for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in the prosecution of former president Donald Trump. [read post]
21 Mar 2024, 2:00 am
FACE 5 YEARS IN PRISON, AND $250,000 FINEHailing from Alabama, Florida and Georgia, fourteen men were indicted and arrested in late February for their alleged roles in a dog-fighting event.Apparently, on April 22, 2022, these defendants are said to have brought some 24 dogs to Donalsonville, Georgia, to participate in a series of fighting matches.According to a press release issued by the United States Department of Justice, it is “illegal not only to fight dogs in a venture that affects… [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 11:00 pm
APPARENTLY, THE GUY WAS ABSENT FOR MANY YEARSAfter he was removed as church president, E.R. filed a case with the Kings County Supreme Court. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 9:28 am by Andrew Weissmann
  IMAGE: Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the press at Manhattan Criminal Court after a hearing in his case of paying hush money to cover up extramarital affairs during the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 8:00 am
ALSO HAD FENTANYL, HEROIN, COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE IN HIS POSSESSIONAfter pleading guilty to the charges back in October of last year, RD was finally sentenced on February 23, 2024, to ten years in prison for his involvement in a gun-trafficking scheme and for role in the distribution of “fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 5:00 am
NIECE CLAIMS TO BE IGNORANT OF ANY ARRANGEMENT After MWP filed a small claims case against her niece – her brother’s daughter – claiming that the latter would reimburse MWP for a $5000 legal fee that had been advanced to the niece's dad, the Queens County Civil Court ended up dismissing the case.On appeal, the Appellate Term, Second Department, noted that the niece testified that she had no knowledge of any legal-fee arrangement with her father, nor had she been given any cash… [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 2:00 am
FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISONOn February 23, 2024, JA (49) of Houston, Texas, was convicted by a jury for his role in bribing government officials in Ecuador and Mexico, over $1 million, to secure oil and gas contracts (valued at over $300 million) for his former employer, Vitol, Inc.In a written statement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 11:00 pm
HIS TERMINATION WAS REVERSED AND CASE REMANDED FOR LESSER PENALTYAfter a hearing and the exhaustion of administrative appeals, “CK,” a custodial worker employed by the Yonkers Board of Education was fired for “incompetence, insubordination, and misconduct. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 3:57 pm by CAFE
In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance discuss the 30-day adjournment of former President Donald Trump’s trial in the Manhattan DA’s hush money case as Trump’s lawyers review new evidence provided to them by federal prosecutors.In the full episode, Preet and Joyce break down:– A judge’s decision to permit Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify at Trump’s Manhattan trial; – The… [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 1:32 pm by Adam Klasfeld
By keeping the infamous footage from the jurors, the judge holds Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to his public messaging about the case. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 8:00 am
FIRED PREGNANT WORKER DUE TO “RELIABILITY” CONCERNSGracious Bakery + Café, out in New Orleans, Louisiana, was recently sued by the U.S. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 5:00 am
LAWYER HAD AUTHORITY TO SETTLE CASE ON PLAINTIFFS’ BEHALFAfter a settlement was reached with ExxonMobil Oil Corp for property damages sustained as a result of oil contamination to the plaintiffs’ property, they later sought to vacate that agreement claiming that their attorney lacked the requisite authority to resolve the litigation.In response to the Westchester County Supreme Court's denial of that request, and its grant of ExxonMobil’s application to enforce the October… [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 2:00 am
INTENDED TO CAUSE THE COMPANY A $3 MILLION LOSSAccording to a press release issued by the United States Department of Justice, two Chinese foreign nationals, HS (33) and PX (33), residents of Germantown, Maryland, were convicted on February 20, 2024, of mail fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud for reportedly submitting over 5000 phony iPhones to Apple with the intention of causing the company a $3 million loss.For about a two-year period, the two men sought to get imported, Hong Kong-made… [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 11:00 pm
COURT DEFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION’S EXPERTSAfter passing the Nassau County Police Officer Examination, A.B. was given a “conditional” employment offer, subject to the completion of physical and psychological screenings.After he was found “unqualified” by a staff psychiatrist, A.B. was denied employment. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 8:00 am
SECURING SHARE OF SETTLEMENT FUNDS DOES NOT REQUIRE REPRESENTATIONIn a press release issued on February 16, 2024, the Office of the New York State Attorney General announced that it had sent a case-and-desist letter to a New York City law firm, “H&H. [read post]