Andrew Denney
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New York, NY, United States
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New York Court System Announces Relaxed Social Distancing Rules for Criminal Trials
For now, civil and family courts will continue to require six feet of social distancing. → Read More
New York State Board of Bar Examiners Releases Results of July Exam
The more-than 5,300 first-time test takers who graduated from American Bar Association-accredited schools had an 87% passage rate on the July exam, the New York State Board of Bar Examiners announced on Thursday. That’s a 1% increase from the passage rate for that group from the July 2019 administration of the exam, the board said in a news release. → Read More
I was a journalist on the ground at Capitol Hill yesterday. Here's what it was actually like watching rioters storm the building right in front of me.
Andrew Denney says he was nervous among the violent, "festive" mob that smashed journalists' cameras and scaled walls to break past Capitol police. → Read More
Lawyers With Cannabis Clients Face Ethical Challenges, Panel Says
The panelists were discussing ethical issues that may arise for cannabis counsel while at the same time Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced during his State of the State address his proposal to legalize recreational marijuana for adult use. → Read More
Ginsburg Discusses Litigation as Driver of Policy Change in Columbia Law Panel
In the decades since U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a litigator fighting for equal rights for women the field of interested parties has grown on both sides of the political spectrum which often means a larger stack of amicus briefs for the high court to sift through. → Read More
NY Commercial Division Issues Rule Calling On Parties to Seek Earlier Resolutions
The court system has implemented a rule encouraging litigants to move for instant trials or evidentiary hearings in the early stages of a case when threshold matters arise. → Read More
NY Commercial Division Gives Fuller Embrace to E-Discovery Under New Rule
Technology-assisted review is nothing new to most practitioners in the Commercial Division one attorney said but he added that it is revolutionary for the court to adopt a rule encouraging its use. → Read More
Underwood Joins Challenge to Trump Border Policies as NY Lawyers Mobilize
As a host of New York lawyers mobilized to reunite families who have been separated while trying to cross the southern border of the United States New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced Tuesday she has joined counterparts in 17 other states in a lawsuit to challenge the Trump administration’s immigration policies and practices. → Read More
In Commencement Address, Breyer Says He Wants Changes to Clerkship Process
Breyer’s address was the first time since 2014 that a U.S. Supreme Court justice has delivered remarks at a law school commencement. → Read More
With Sweeping Reforms Off Table, OCA Has Taken Modest Steps to Modernize NY's Town Courts
The Office of Court Administration has done what it can to improve New York’s small-town courts including the launch of a pilot program last year in four counties to hold centralized arraignments at fixed times of the day which has drawn interest from other counties. → Read More
Judge Rules Immigrant Detained 8 Months for Turnstile Jumping Is Entitled to Bond Hearing
U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan of the Southern District of New York found that the prolonged detention of Augustin Sajous who came to the United States from Haiti in 1972 when he was 14 years old without a bond hearing violates his due process rights. → Read More
Are Times Changing for NY's Old-School Town and Village Courts?
New York's town and village justices operate under a system devised for a prior century and many have had their struggles with judicial discipline. But they tend to be popular in the communities they serve offering a brand of justice that may not be expected from high-volume courts based in urban areas and county seats. → Read More
Divided Appeals Court Establishes 3-Year Limit to Bring No-Fault Claims
Want to bring a no-fault claim against a self-insured entity such as the New York City Transit Authority? The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that you have a three-year window to do so settling an issue that has divided lower and appellate courts and even the high court itself. → Read More
Report: New Filings in NY Trial Courts See Decline
The number of new cases filed in New York’s trial courts is continuing a years-long decline with one of the most significant reductions seen in the Criminal Courts in New York City where police and prosecutors have shifted away from heavy-handed approaches to low-level crimes. → Read More
New Bronx Opioid Treatment Court Looks to Help Addicts Kick Their Addiction
Seeking to reach defendants who suffer from opioid addiction with a helping hand rather than a heavy one the Bronx Criminal Court has opened a new… → Read More
Reports: Trump Aims to Fill NY's Federal Bench Vacancies
In addition to possible appointments for U.S. Attorney for New York's Eastern and Southern Districts, President Donald Trump is also considering a list of no... → Read More
Abdus-Salaam Successor to Join Group of Short-Tenured Judges
Judge Jenny Rivera, the Court of Appeals' senior jurist, was appointed to the bench in 2013; the five remaining justices—all appointed in February 2015 or later—have served on average about 18 months on the state's highest court. → Read More
Public Memorial for Abdus-Salaam Set for Friday
While her death remains under investigation, Court of Appeals Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, who was found floating in the Hudson River on April 12, will be hono... → Read More
All 5 NYC DAs Agree on One Thing: Better Pay Needed to Attract, Retain Talent
New York City's district attorneys say that to attract and retain legal talent they need additional funding to be able to offer prosecutors more competitive salaries. → Read More
Advocates Remain Optimistic About Criminal Justice Reform
While President-elect Donald Trump gave voice to tough-on-crime rhetoric on the campaign trail, some advocates for criminal justice reform are cautiously opt... → Read More