Between 1999 and 2019, approximately 247,000 people in the United States died from prescription-opioid overdoses. Respondent PurduePharma sits at the center of that crisis. Owned and controlled by theSackler family, Purdue began marketing OxyContin, an opioid prescription pain reliever, in the mid-1990s. After Purdue earned billions of dollars in sales on the drug, in 2007 one of its affiliates pl... More...    $7000000000 (01-23-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York condominium law lawyers represented the parties is a dispute over the enforcement of house rule.

Plaintiff cooperative waived the house rule prohibiting pit bulls in the building under Administrative Code of City of NY § 27-2009.1 and held the motion and cross-motion for summary judgment in abeyance pending a hearing to determine whether the nuisance exception und... More...    $0 (01-21-2025 - NY)

Bronx, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and being a youthful offender.

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Legal issue Can a sentencing court impose a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee on a youthful offender after the statutory provisions authorizing such charges were repealed?
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Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with computer fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, following a jury trial before Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge, and sentencing by Mae A. DʹAgostino, Judge, convicting defendant of conspiracy to commit computer fraud, in violation of... More...    $0 (01-21-2025 - NY)

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 10 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, and 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crimefentanyl and gun charges ... More...    $0 (01-14-2025 - NY)

Brooklyn, New York breach of contract lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract and negligence case.

In December 2014, Builders Assistance Corp., on behalf of the plaintiff, entered into a contract with the defendant Solomon Rosenzweig, PE, P.C. (hereinafter SRPE), by which SRPE was to provide engineering services to the plaintiff in connection with the development of certai... More...    $0 (01-15-2025 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributed Fentanyl Linked To Eight Overdose Deaths In The Bronx
Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization That Distributed Fentanyl Linked To Eight Overdose Deaths In The Bronx Sentenced To 30 Years In Pris... More...    $0 (01-14-2025 - NY)

Queens, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony.

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Legal issue Can the appellant challenge the legality, propriety, or excessiveness of a sentence following a plea of guilty?

Key Phrases Plea of guilty. Assigned counsel. Original papers. Stenographer of the trial court. Presentence report. ... More...    $0 (01-13-2025 - NY)

Buffalo, New Your criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Eric Hawkins, 59, stabbed Glenn Ervin Drue, Jr., 39, multiple times outside of a Connelly Avenue home on June 11, 2023.


On June 11, 2023, at approximately 9:30 p.m., Hawkins allegedly stabbed 39-year-old Glenn Ervin Drue Jr. multiple times outside of a home on Connelly Aven... More...    $0 (01-10-2025 - NY)

Mineola, New York insurance law lawyer represented the Defendant seeking to arbitrate his claims.

Francis P. Discolo, allegedly was involved in a motor vehicle collision with a vehicle owned by the additional respondent Xudong Ping (hereinafter the Ping vehicle) and operated by another individual. The Ping vehicle was insured by the additional respondent Country-Wide Insurance Company (h... More...    $0 (01-08-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a real property dispute.

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Louis L. Nock, J.), entered August 4, 2023, awarding defendant landlord 5000 Grand, LLC a total amount of $268,911.89, and bringing up for review an order, same court and Justice, entered June 15, 2023, which, to the extent appealed from as lim... More...    $0 (01-07-2025 - NY)

New York City, New York real property law lawyers represented the parties in an action for enforce a contract.

As an initial matter, any contractual waiver of plaintiffs - buyers' right to seek specific performance or a preliminary injunction was superseded by the May 2022 letter amendment to the real estate contracts, which provides that "nothing in this letter agreement shall be constr... More...    $0 (01-07-2025 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering
Associate Of Miles Guo, Yvette Wang, Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Her Role In An Over $1 Billion Dollar Fraud Conspiracy More...    $0 (01-06-2025 - NY)

New York., New York. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with An Over conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering
Associate Of Miles Guo, Yvette Wang, Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Her Role In An Over $1 Billion Dollar Fraud Conspi... More...    $0 (01-06-2025 - NY)

New York, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory.

After a nine-day trial, a jury found that plaintiff-appellee E. Jean Carroll was sexually abused by defendant-appellant Donald J. Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in 1996. The jury also
found that Mr. Trump defamed her in statements he made in 2022. The jury ... More...    $0 (12-31-2024 - NY)

Gloria Cavaluzzi, et al. v. County of Sullivan

New York City, New York civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiffs taking of private property without just compesnation theory.

In Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), the Supreme Court held that a county could be liable for taking private property without just compensation, in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution, where, after fore... More...    $0 (12-27-2024 - NY)

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Orchestrating Massive Market Manipulation And Fraud Schemes
Founder And Head Of Archegos Capital Management Bill Hwang Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Orchestrating Massive Market Manipulation And Fraud... More...    $0 (12-19-2024 - NY)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with street gang involvement.

Randy Torres, Walston Owen, and Charles Ventura appeal from judgments of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Victor Marrero, J.) convicting them of offenses related to their involvement in a street
gang known as the Rollin’ 30s Crips. Fo... More...    $0 (12-23-2024 - NY)