- Posted: December 12, 2025 / NYLJ Eastern District Roundup
Written by: Samuel L. Butt, Thomas A. KissaneCourt Rejects Plaintiff’s Suit Over NYCTA Discipline and Union Representation
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In Wilson v. Transportation Workers Union, Local 100, 24 CV 7362 (EDNY, Oct. 27, 2025), Judge Ramón E. Reyes, Jr., granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint because the federal statutes upon which plaintiff relied did not apply to him and the analogous state-law claim was time-barred. Read More
- Posted: November 18, 2025 / NYLJ Eastern District Roundup
Written by: Thomas A. Kissane, John MooreKey Court Decisions: Dismissals and Rights Restrictions
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In Freeman v. HSBC Holdings PLC, 14 CV 6601 (EDNY, Sept. 30, 2025), Judge Chen denied plaintiffs’ motion to vacate the court’s dismissal and attendant judgment for the purposes of filing a third amended complaint. Read More
- Posted: October 15, 2025 / NYLJ Eastern District Roundup
Written by: Samuel L. Butt, John MooreJudicial Discretion in Awarding Counsel Fees in Divorce Cases
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In Schenker of Canada Ltd. v. Am Trans Expedite LLC, 24 CV 6440 (EDNY, Sept. 4, 2025), Judge Cogan held that plaintiff’s claims are not implausible, so as to support a motion to dismiss, merely because it is possible to draw other plausible conclusions from the complaint’s allegations that would not support liability. Read More
- Posted: September 22, 2025 / NYLJ Eastern District Roundup
Written by: Thomas A. Kissane, Samuel L. ButtCourt Vacates Sex Trafficking Conviction Over Evidence Concerns
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In United States v. Chen, 22 CR 158 (EDNY, July 7, 2025), Judge Vitaliano granted defendant’s Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 motion to vacate his conviction for participating in a sex trafficking conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. §1591(a). Read More
- Posted: July 15, 2025 / NYLJ Eastern District Roundup
Written by: Thomas A. Kissane, John MooreBankruptcy, Habeas and Immigration: Recent Court Highlights
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. In Miranda v. TLB 2019 LLC, 25 CV 533 (EDNY, May 18, 2025), Judge Eric N. Vitaliano affirmed an Order of Chief Bankruptcy Judge Alan S. Trust of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York setting aside the defendant-appellant’s deed to debtor-plaintiff-appellee Sonia Miranda’s property as a fraudulent transfer. Read More
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