August, 2011 | Bashian & Papantoniou

August 17

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Litigation , Uncategorized
Tags: Litigation
Date:
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- 751

Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West Bike Lane Stays

Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan ruled in favor of the City Department of Transportation yesterday and thus allowing a newly created bike lane on Prospect Park West to remain. Judge Bunyan noted the case as untimely; the Brooklyn residents having brought the complaint after the statute of li...

August 16

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Litigation , Uncategorized
Tags: class action, Litigation
Date:
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- 732

Cooley and New York Law School Students Fight Back from their Alma Mater’s Alleged Embellishment of Post-Graduation Employment Rates

A class action lawsuit filed this past Wednesday against Thomas M. Cooley Law School and New York Law School by several of its former students asserts claims that both schools are guilty of overstating and amplifying their post-graduate employment and salary statistics. These students are alleging t...

August 16

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Constitutional , Litigation , Uncategorized
Tags: consitutional law, Criminal, search warrants
Date:
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- 985

Lawsuit involving an improper police search is finally headed to trial after seventeen years

In 1994, New York City police officers, acting on an informant’s tip, obtained a “no-knock” search warrant and forcefully entered the apartment of a mother and her six children in the Bronx. After seventeen years, a lawsuit filed by the family claiming the search was unlawful will finally be...

August 13

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Litigation , Uncategorized
Tags: Fraud, Litigation, ponzi scheme, securities law
Date:
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- 817

JPMorgan Attempts to Have $19 Billion Lawsuit Stemming From Madoff Scandal Thrown Out

JPMorgan Chase & Co. recently asked a judge to toss out a $19 billion lawsuit filed against it by Irving Picard, the trustee responsible for recovering funds from the Madoff investment scandal. In support of its request, JPMorgan cited to a recent ruling in which U.S. District Judge Ratner thr...

August 12

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Criminal Defense , Litigation , Uncategorized
Tags: Criminal, Litigation
Date:
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- 773

Lawsuit Against Rumsfeld Involving Wartime Torture is Allowed to Move Forward

A Federal Judge has ruled that a lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by an Army veteran claiming he was tortured while in U.S. military custody in Iraq will be permitted to move forward. The 50-year-old veteran was working for an American contracting company as a translator ...

August 11

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Criminal Defense , Uncategorized
Tags: Criminal
Date:
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- 1013

U.A.E Colonel Acquitted from Keeping an Unpaid Servant, but More is Still to Come

A United Arab Emirates Officer, Colonel Arif Mohamed Seed Mohamed Al-Ali, was acquitted this past Friday from charges of keeping an unpaid servant in his home. Elizabeth Cabitia Ballesteros accused Al-Ali of having her work long, unpaid hours cleaning, cooking and babysitting. In addition, she claim...

August 10

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Constitutional , Uncategorized
Tags: consitutional law
Date:
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- 1435

Jury Selection: Peremptory Challenegs vs. Equal Protection Clause

Daniel Osazuwa, a homosexual male, who was born in Nigeria was arrested for assaulting a prison guard while serving time after a bank fraud conviction. Mr. Osazuwa claimed he was giving the guard a hug, a gesture native to his African traditions, and that the homophobic man overreacted. At Os...

August 10

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Criminal Defense , Litigation , Uncategorized
Tags: Criminal, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Litigation, ponzi scheme
Date:
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- 808

Insider Trading Crackdown against Father and Son Duo

The newest “victims” of the government’s crackdown on insider trading: are father and son H. Clayton Peterson, 65 and Drew Peterson, 35. The pair from Denver pled guilty last week, each to one count of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Clayton Peterso...

August 10

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Intellectual Property , Uncategorized
Tags: copyright, Intellectual Property
Date:
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- 987

Google Makes Peace with France and Now Looks to the U.S. for More E-Book Deals

It appears that France and Google have a relationship that’s “on the rocks.” Yet somehow, France has become the first and only country thus far to agree to a book deal with the online monster. Google’s book project, which seeks to digitize books that are out of print, has al...

August 09

Posted By: bpadmin
Posted In: Blog , Criminal Defense , Uncategorized
Tags: Criminal
Date:
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- 784

Strauss-Kahn: The Accusations Continue

Another blow to Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s reputation, an anonymous letter received by Thompson and Wigdor, counsel for Nafissatou Diallo. It seems as though Strauss-Kahn, currently facing a seven-count indictment for the alleged sexual attack on a New York maid, may have more legal issues if his a...

Month: August 2011