BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: Gravity Knife ban lifted A gravity knife, small, easy to use blades that are defined under New York law as a knife with the blade in the handle that can be opened with a one-handed flick of the...
BLOG: #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq. - New York State recently enacted CPL 160.59 Did you know: Our Partner Michael Jaccarino recently successfully petitioned New York County Criminal Court to seal the prior conviction and criminal record of an Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins client, a great...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: The Government May Be Monitoring Your Purchases DEA agents thought that criminals purchase money-counting machines. A recent report shows that the Drug Enforcement Administration secretly collected data in bulk about Americans' purchases of money-counting machines, which are obviously legal...
Our #ABKLaw Partner, Hon. Barry Kamins helped the Brooklyn Bar Association put together a panel of experts for a continuing legal education seminar, “Wrongful Convictions: Causes and Preventions,” with Hon. Mark Dwyer, assistant DA Mark Hale, and attorneys Kris Hamann and Joel Rudin. " “Over the...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: Vaccines and the 4th Amendment When can vaccines affect an individuals' right to privacy in their own home? A recent situation in Arizona has raised these legal issues. In Phoenix, police officers with guns drawn broke down the door of...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: Jury Nullification Jury Nullification is the practice of a deliberating jury voting “Not Guilty” when the jury disagrees with the criminal charge………even after the defendant’s guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Some argue, this practice is...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Hon. Barry Kamins: "I am declaring an emergency"/ "I didn't have to do this now" With those two diametrically opposed statements, President Trump declared a national emergency last week to try and build a border wall. Forty-three years ago, Congress enacted...
BLOG from our #ABKLaw Partner Michael Jaccarino, Esq.: The Law on Bicycles on the Sidewalk in New York City The next time you are thinking of riding your bike on the sidewalk - think twice, or make sure there are not any police officers around. Indeed, you...
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