Partner Eric S. Olney has been appointed to a 3-year term as a member of the Federal Courts Committee of the New York City Bar Association. The Federal Courts Committee addresses substantive and procedural issues relating to the practice of law in the federal courts. Recent areas of the Committee’s focus include: judicial vacancies and … Read more
On July 30, 2013, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division affirmed the invalidation of the New York City Board of Health’s rule limiting the portion size of certain “sugary drinks” sold at certain establishments. Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP filed an amicus brief in support of the legal challenge to the Portion Cap Rule, … Read more
On June 18, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted the motion of our client, Anthony Chiasson, for release on bail pending the appeal of his criminal conviction for insider trading. In Dirks v. SEC, 463 U.S. 646 (1983), the United States Supreme Court held that a tippee does not … Read more
On May 20, 2013, Cynthia S. Arato was appointed to the Board of Directors of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Established in 1969, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is the pioneer in arts-related legal aid and educational programs about the legal and business issues that affect artist and arts organizations. VLA serves the arts community … Read more
On April 25, 2013, Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP filed an amicus brief in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business organizations in support of the legal challenge to New York City’s controversial Portion Cap Rule. On September 13, 2012, the New … Read more
On March 21, 2013, the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department reversed an order directing the firm’s pro bono client to appear and testify at an out-of-state criminal trial. After obtaining a stay of enforcement of the order pending appeal, the firm then won reversal of the order and dismissal of the proceeding in a … Read more
On January 31, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a district court judgment dismissing the claim of our pro bono client, Julio Isley Smith, and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings. Mr. Smith’s claim is that prison officials at Great Meadow Correctional Facility transferred him … Read more
On November 29, 2012, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the conviction of two tax lawyers and former partners of Ernst & Young (“E&Y”), including our client, Richard Shapiro. Mr. Shapiro had been convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges of conspiracy … Read more
On February 9, 2012, Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP obtained a ruling on a question of first impression under the United States Copyright Act from the United States District Court for the Central District of California in favor of Cash Money Records, Inc. Cash Money was one of several defendants named in Rick Cunningham v. … Read more
On February 1, 2012, Shapiro, Arato & Isserles LLP filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New York University School of Law that argues for the elimination of the unjust and discredited mandatory minimum sentences facing defendants in federal crack … Read more