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New York attorney general sues crypto trading CEO on fraud charges

JURIST

New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday sued ex-CEO and cofounder of crypto trading platform Celsius Alex Mashinsky for defrauding customers. Mashinsky’s alleged fraudulent practices violated Article 23-A, § 352 of the New York General Business Law (GBL) and New York Executive Law § 63(12).

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Morning Docket: 06.09.21

Above The Law

Hill ] * The Ohio Attorney General has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare Google a public utility. [ CBS News ] * Systems at the New York City Law Department are still down days after it was targeted by a cyberattack. It was hard enough to schedule depositions with them already. [

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New York Court News 7-8-2021

American Legal Net

Papers also may be deposited in the Court’s Night Box, located in the lobby of the Thurgood Marshall United States Court, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY. Postal Service or third-party commercial carriers, or they may be deposited in the night drop box on H Street, N.W. Attorney Matters. uscourts.gov.

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Trevor Noah To Be Deposed in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Later Next Month

LegalReader

Noah's attorneys claim the comedian and late-night host has suffered permanent, serious, and debilitating injuries from a botched New York City surgery.

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Cuomo’s Cosby Defense? The New York Governor Could Ultimately Rely on the Comedian’s Defense

JonathanTurley

One of the threats faced by New York Gov. The New York Penal Law focuses on “forcible touching” cases. ” New York courts have identified exceptions to the prohibition of prior bad acts evidence to establish the nature of the relationship, to complete a narrative of conduct, and other purposes.

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AN OVERVIEW OF NY COMMERCIAL EVICTIONS

NewmanFerraraLLP

A Practitioner’s Guide to Commercial Evictions in New York Newman Ferrara, which has been at the forefront of landlord and tenant litigation for over three decades, is proud to announce the publication of the LexisNexis practice note “ Commercial Eviction (NY) ,” written by one of its partners, Jarred Kassenoff.

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NY Announces Temporary Authorization Program for Recent Law Grads

The Legal Ease

In this week that NY law grads were originally scheduled to be taking the bar exam, the New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) has announced a revision of its rules to temporarily authorize qualifying graduates of ABA-accredited law schools to practice law in New York under supervision pending their admission to the bar.