Hope Davis, representing the Justice Department in the bankruptcy, objected to the applications of law firms Proskauer Rose and Keightley & Ashner.
New York Decision Roundup - June 29, 2012
This daily roundup provides links to summaries of the latest New York state and federal court decisions.
INTERNATIONAL LAW - In re Kapoor
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - Ms. Kapoor was determined to be extraditable to India, charged with embezzlement, but her bail was not revoked; extradition of fugitives statute 18 U.S.C. § 3184 provided exception in special circumstances including anticipated lengthy proceedings and appeals. (E.D.N.Y.)
CREDITORS AND DEBTORS – Verizon New England Inc. v. Transcom Enhanced Servs. Inc.
OPINION – A restraining notice served while attempting to collect a judgment from funds held by a third party is only effective if the third party owes a debt to or possesses property of the judgment debtor at the time of the notice, the First Department has ruled. (N.Y. App. Div., 1st Dep't)
The opinion by U.S. Judge Loretta Preska was the latest twist in two decades of litigation between the city and religious groups who have claimed the ban is unconstitutional.
Kelli Conlin spent some $250,000 in charitable funds including sprees at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys and a five-bedroom Hamptons rental, according to the lawsuit.
About a dozen people have been charged in connection with the epic Ponzi scheme, and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara suggested that prosecutors may not be done.
Justice Eileen Bransten held that state law claims for unfair business practices were not pre-empted by federal banking regulations.
Police union officials had challenged the policy, arguing that an officers' Fourth Amendment right to privacy trumped the department's need to determine whether officers who discharge their weapons are intoxicated.
Minh Quang Pham is accused of receiving "military-type" training and of helping an Al Qaeda-affiliated group with online propaganda.
Gary Foster pleaded guilty in 2011 to a 7-year scheme in which he would wire Citigroup funds into his own personal account at a different bank.
New York state has won a bid for a new trial over claims that Queens prosecutors committed fraud in the case of a man who went to prison for allegedly raping his daughter.
The drop off stemmed from a number of factors, from a focus on strengthening local markets to the high-profile bankruptcy of Dewey & LeBoeuf, according to Altman Weil and the Hildebrandt Institute.
Larkin Axelrod Ingrassia & Tetenbaum will pay $20,000 to Lauren Klejmont after she accused it of refusing to meet with her because she was accompanied by a service dog.
The association released a set of proposals it said would reduce costs and delays that routinely arise during federal civil litigation.
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