NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Will Not Be Prosecuted For Campaign Fraud, Says...
The timing of the firing of Preet Bharara in President Trump's home turf, New York City, and the announcement that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will not be prosecuted for campaign fraud, smells of...
View ArticleLancman v. De Blasio: NYC Mayor Violated City Charter and Administrative Law
This is an interesting case where Bill de Blasio's administration tried to side-step administrative law and the funding structure in the NYC Charter §109 for land use deals involving Flushing...
View ArticleArbitrator From A Rabbinical Panel Was Convicted of A Crime, But Prior...
Arbitration Award Stands Even Though One Of The Arbitrators Was Later Convicted Of CrimePorzio Bromberg & Newman PCArbitration awards are, by design, difficult to vacate. But what happens when one...
View ArticleAnthony Weiner Pleads Guilty To Sexting a 15-Year Old Girl
Anthony Weiner leaves Federal CourtYes, Anthony Weiner. Husband of Huma Abedin, and formerly on his way to being this close to the President of the United States.Betsy CombierEditor, NYC Rubber Room...
View ArticleHow the Politically Connected Control the New York Court System
Judge Joan KenneyHow the politically connected control the New York court systemBy Julia Marsh, Carl Campanile and Bruce GoldingGeoffrey WrightManhattan lawyers knew Judge Joan Kenney was...
View ArticleWhistleblower John Tipaldo Wins His Case Against the NYC Department of...
John TipaldoCourt rules acting in good faith key to whistleblower protectionNYSSBAOn Board Online • November 16, 2015After becoming aware of alleged bidding irregularities in the New York City...
View ArticleRicardo Morales, Top Deputy at DCAS, Claims He Was Fired For Complaining...
New York City Mayor Bill De BlasioDe Blasio says axing city official who lifted deed restriction on NYC nursing home wasn’t his decisionDe Blasio official axed over probe says it was to warn others to...
View ArticleDOJ Urges Court To Block Rights For LGBT Employees
Unsolicited Opinion: The Department of Justice Files Brief Urging Court to Block Rights for LGBT Employees1 AUG 2017 JOANNA L. GROSSMAN AND ANTHONY MICHAEL KREIS, JUSTIA VERDICTLINKThanks to the...
View ArticleAttorneys Jay B. Zucker and Steven J. Kwestel Are Suspended From Practicing...
Matter of Zucker2017 NY Slip Op 06149Decided on August 15, 2017Appellate Division, First DepartmentPer Curiam.Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.This...
View ArticleThe Kidnapping of Andy Ostrowski: Where is He? How Can This Happen In America?
Andy OstrowskiMany people are aware of the use of medical agencies and/or doctors to declare people who are challenging the policies of an agency or exposing corruption and fraud, as "crazy" in order...
View ArticleCy Vance, Manhattan District Attorney, Protects Those Who Pay Him To Overlook...
Pay to play in New York City fascinates us all. We love to hear about how the rich and powerful do unethical things and are caught. Movie mogul is the latest to rightfully fall from his pedestal.The...
View ArticleThe US Needs A National Standard For Public Corruption
From Courtbeat-New York Court Corruption Editor Betsy Combier:I agree with the opinion of Bradley Tusk re-posted below from the Chicago Tribune, that there should be uniform national standards for...
View ArticleJudge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is...
Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, pictured in 2003. Six women — all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit — alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that...
View ArticleThe Story Now is Attorney David Boies, the New York Times, and the RICO Lawsuit
I find it interesting that the New York Times had a "relationship" with David Boies' law firm Boies Schiller Flexner.What does it mean the NYT had a relationship with a major law firm and one which...
View ArticleJudge Alex Kozinski Retires Suddenly After Being Accused By Many Women of...
Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, pictured in 2003. Six women — all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit — alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that...
View ArticleAttorney Evan Greebel is Convicted of Helping Felon Martin Shkreli Defraud...
Evan Greebel, center, leaving court in 2015. After his conviction on Wednesday, he faces up to 20 years in prison. CreditJohn Taggart/BloombergMartin Shkreli, former hedge fund manager, and convicted,...
View ArticleFormer Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, in Federal Court, Testifies That...
Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos leaves Manhattan Federal Court during his retrial onextortion and bribery charges on Friday. (Jefferson Siegel / New York Daily News)Dean Skelos,...
View ArticleGina L. Bianchi Sues DCJS Commissioner Michael C Green and Others After She...
Brian Gestring, director of Forensic Science Office for DCJS, and a members of the New York State Forensic Science Commission, takes part in a commission meeting on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in...
View ArticleAttorney Nicholas A. Penkovsky Suspended From Practicing Law For 3 Months
Nicholas A. Penkovsky, (admitted as Nicholas Alexander Penkovsky), an attorney and counselor-at-law, v Attorney Grievance Committee for the First Judicial Department, Petitioner Supreme Court,...
View ArticleNY Daily News: Aitabdellah Salem Sat In Rikers For $1, Now Wants City To Pay
There must be consequences for committing a crime, that's for sure. We have laws to protect us. But there should be consequences for leaving a man imprisoned because no one told him he could be free on...
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