Jason Grant
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Hoboken, NJ, United States
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UnitedHealth to Pay $14.3M in 'Landmark' Settlement Over Mental Health Parity Law
The insurer will end policies that created a coverage gap between those receiving traditional treatments and those in psychotherapy. → Read More
Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Abortion Coverage Change
The ruling could affect what kind of analysis an administration has to do to get a regulatory change to stick. → Read More
First Department Going 'Virtual' to Reopen Operations, Attorney Admissions
“With our transition to a virtual court model nearly complete” announced the First Department the appellate court will soon resume calendaring appeals and motions scheduling conferences and holding some oral arguments though now via Skype. Attorney admissions and processing attorney grievance complaints will also resume. → Read More
AG James Cites COVID-19 Scams in Proposing Stronger Investment Adviser Oversight
“Ultimately these rule changes will increase our use of technology clean up decades of industry confusion and enhance our ability to prevent exploitation of New Yorkers in the investment industry” James said in a news release. → Read More
How 'Grateful' David Lat, Eyeing Hospital Discharge, Is Contributing to COVID-19 Research
I don't think I've fully wrapped my head—and heart—around the enormity of what I've just been through” he said during his first interview since returning to stable condition done via direct messaging on Twitter. And I'm so grateful to be alive.” → Read More
David Lat Transferred Out of ICU, Taken Off Ventilator in Coronavirus Fight
“I’m doing worlds better than … when I was unconscious and intubated having a machine breathe for me because I couldn’t do so myself” wrote Lat 44 in a 6-paragraph public post on his Facebook page that appeared Saturday night. → Read More
'Mild Improvements' for David Lat, but Prognosis Still Uncertain
“There have been mild improvements in his oxygen and his breathing, but he remains intubated and we are still very far from out of the woods,” said Zachary Baron Shemtob, Lat’s husband, in an interview Thursday. → Read More
David Lat Undergoing 'Experimental' Drug Therapy, His Husband Says
“We won’t know for a few more days whether he’s going to get better—whether this stuff [the drug therapy] is working or not” said his husband Zachary Baron Shemtob. → Read More
David Lat Put On Ventilator and in Critical Condition with COVID-19 Infection
The founder of the Above the Law was put on a ventilator after “his oxygen levels dropped according to his husband. → Read More
Website Accessibility Suits Are Flooding NY Federal Courts, Report Says
New York’s federal courts saw 1471 lawsuits filed in 2018 aimed at websites that plaintiffs claim are not American with Disabilities Act accessible accounting for 64 percent of the 2285 suits launched in seven major states tracked by the company UsableNet. → Read More
'No One-Size-Fits-All Approach' in Battling Backlogs, Top Judges Say
Statistics presented by New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks show that case backlogs have been chopped by one-third or by half or by even more in some courts around the state. → Read More
Questions Over Logistics, Costs of Bail Reform Discussed at Bar Association Panel
No panelist or lawyer asking questions from the audience took issue with the “mass incarceration”-focused data and notion underlying Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s planned legislative proposal to eliminate monetary bail for defendants facing misdemeanor and nonviolent felony charges. → Read More
Panel Won't Dismiss Fraud Claims Lodged Against CNN Analyst Paul Callan by Former Firm
In a lawsuit that draws battle lines between Callan a 30-year litigator and the Manhattan law firm he helped create a unanimous Appellate Division First Department panel has weighed in with a decision that points to unspecified “evidence in the record” of misconduct by Callan. → Read More
Touting Diverse Career Backgrounds, Brooklyn Law Says It Will Accept GRE Scores
Nationwide the GRE is gaining increasing acceptance as another means of evaluating law school applicants according to a recent survey. → Read More
N.Y. Attorney General’s Office Subpoenas Information on TIAA Sales Practices
The New York Times recently published a story about how the company motivates its sales reps. → Read More
First Department Begins Livestreaming Oral Arguments
The Appellate Division, First Department, has instituted live video streaming of its oral arguments, bringing it in step with the New York Court of Appeals, ... → Read More
George Bundy Smith Dies; Outlawed NY's Death Penalty
George Bundy Smith, a retired Court of Appeals judge, the author of the state's decision outlawing the death penalty and a civil rights fighter who was arres... → Read More
Justice Task Force Grows as Its Mission Expands
The New York State Justice Task Force was established in 2009 to recommend ways to avoid wrongful convictions. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore has now asked the group to address bail reform and speedy trial issues, and appointed four new members. → Read More
Promotion of Acosta, 9 Other Justices Wins Praise From Litigators, Judges
A day after being named presiding justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, Rolando Acosta said he was honored to have the chance to 'implement ch... → Read More
Univision Turns to Weil in Showdown With Cable Giant
The Spanish-language programmer alleges that Charter Communications is using its market position to suppress licensing fees. → Read More