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17 May 2024, 2:00 am
THOUGHT HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH A RUSSIAN AGENTIn late April, JSD (32) of Colorado Springs was sentenced to 262 in prison for “attempted espionage” for transmitted classified National Defense Information to a person he believed to be a Russian agent.From June 6 to July 1, 2022, JSD is alleged to have transmitted via encrypted email documents which had been classified as “Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information” to a party he thought was a Russian agent. [read post]
16 May 2024, 11:00 pm
JUNIPER TREES WERE ON NEIGHBOR’S PROPERTYMKSC sued her neighbor for $5000 in property damage premised on the latter’s removal of ten juniper trees, that were purportedly on MKSC’s property.Upon its review of the evidence, the Nassau County District Count found in the defendant’s favor and dismissed MKSC’s case.And on appeal, the Appellate Term, Second Department, noted that the within the context of a small claims case, a judge is entitled to “substantial… [read post]
16 May 2024, 8:00 am
AGREES TO PAY $150,000 TO SETTLE PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION CASESavage River Lodge, a Maryland hospitality business – which offers cabins for rent and operates a restaurant for guests – is alleged to have discriminated against a pregnant employee.Apparently, the company refused to give the individual the accommodations she needed due to her pregnancy and fired her days after she suffered a miscarriage.Believing that such conduct violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Title… [read post]
16 May 2024, 7:15 am by Bryan Caplan
"  If 4000 square foot apartments in Manhattan skyscrapers cost $1500 a month, would critics really still expect their occupants to have low fertility? [read post]
16 May 2024, 5:00 am
BUILDINGS’ INDEPENDENCE WASN'T CLEARLY DEMONSTRATEDAfter a holdover proceeding was brought against a purported free-market tenant, the latter claimed she was rent stabilized because the building in which she lived, and an adjoining residential structure, constituted a “horizontal multiple dwelling” which rendered all the units therein subject to regulatory protection.The Queens County Civil Court looked at the configuration and thought that the buildings were sufficiently… [read post]
16 May 2024, 2:00 am
ATTACKED TWO BLACK WOMEN WITH A SHOTGUNAfter pleading guilty back in July of 2023, a Florida man, FEP (27), was sentenced in late April to 60 months in prison (followed by three years of supervised release) for his commission of federal hate crimes against two Black women.Apparently, after his card was declined at a convenience store, FEP walked out of the establishment with unpaid merchandise. [read post]
16 May 2024, 1:00 am by CAFE
” She joins Preet to discuss the latest news from Donald Trump’s Manhattan hush money trial, including the testimony this week by key witness for the prosecution, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, fixer, and friend. [read post]
15 May 2024, 11:00 pm
NO BASIS FOR INCREASE WAS PROFFEREDAfter mandatory arbitration in a small claims case, which alleged contract breach by the defendant, SS-F sought to increase the award in her favor from $500 to $5000.And after the Suffolk County District Court denied that request – on the grounds that “no timely demand for trial de novo” had been filed – SS-F appealed.On its review of the record, the Appellate Term, Second Department, noted that arbitration awards may only be modified on… [read post]
15 May 2024, 2:02 pm by Yosi Yahoudai
Bob Menendez, right, sits with his defense team during jury selection, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at Manhattan federal court in New York. [read post]
15 May 2024, 10:30 am
IN CONTENTION FOR “BEST DRAMA SHORT” AND “BEST SCREENPLAY”NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), a non-profit entity, “champions emerging and diverse filmmakers and storytellers from around the world and provides a forum where filmmakers can be recognized for their contributions. [read post]
15 May 2024, 8:55 am by Lawrence Solum
Nicole Stelle Garnett (Notre Dame Law School) & Tim Rosenberger (Manhattan Institute) have posted Unconstitutional Religious Discrimination Runs Rampant in State Programs (Manhattan Institute Policy Report, December 2023) on SSRN. [read post]
15 May 2024, 8:00 am
FEMALE EMPLOYEE SUBJECTED TO UNWELCOME CONDUCT, ADVANCES AND REQUESTSAccording to a press released issued by the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Gateway Classic Cars – “the world's largest classic car sales company” – was sued at the end of April for subjecting a female employee to a “sexually hostile work environment. [read post]
15 May 2024, 6:29 am by centerforartlaw
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts also returned several objects towards the end of 2023, but this repatriation followed an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit. [read post]
15 May 2024, 5:44 am by Michael C. Dorf
A fully clothed Dershowitz suggested that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is following a "roadmap" for reversal by repeating the trial judge's error in the Harvey Weinstein case, which recently led to a reversal of Weinstein's conviction by the New York Court of Appeals (the state's highest court). [read post]
15 May 2024, 5:35 am
"The judge foolishly allowed Manhattan prosecutors to elicit graphic testimony from porn star Stormy Daniels about a 2006 sexual encounter she claims to have had with Donald Trump. [read post]
15 May 2024, 5:00 am
“URGENT AND NECESSARY REPAIRS” TO UNIT WERE REQUIREDAfter a Judge of the New York County Civil Court Housing Part directed (as part of an enforcement proceeding) that a tenant provide access to her unit, an appeal followed.And on its review of the record, the Appellate Term, First Department, noted that the Housing Part has “expansive jurisdiction” over cases which seek to “enforce proper housing standards. [read post]
15 May 2024, 3:32 am by jonathanturley
Cohen has truly found a home with the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. [read post]
15 May 2024, 2:00 am
HE MADE UNWANTED COMMENTS, TOUCHED THEIR BODIES, ENTERED THEIR HOMES ….In late April, the United States Department of Justice announced that it had reached a settlement with a Savannah, Georgia landlord – who owned some 45 residential properties.Over the course of some 15 years, I.S. allegedly harassed female tenants “by making repeated and unwelcome sexual comments and advances, inappropriately touching their bodies without their permission, entering their homes without their… [read post]
14 May 2024, 11:00 pm
ONLY GAVE TENANT AN 89-DAY NON-RENEWAL NOTICEAfter the owner brought a non-primary residence holdover proceeding, alleging that D’A – a rent-stabilized tenant – really lived elsewhere, the New York County Civil Court ended up dismissing the case because the “Golub notice,” or “notice of non-renewal,” was served only 89 days prior to the underlying lease’s expiration, rather than the requisite 90-150 days as required by the Rent Stabilization Code [9… [read post]