Suit Seeks Pain and Suffering Damages for Puppy The owner wants the court to consider the puppy a living soul, rather than property, as state law dictates. Tuesday, Jan 3, 2012 | Updated 10:57 AM EST Umka, the dog at the center of the suit. The owner of a Brussels Griffon puppy has filed …
NY1: Lask Fights Pet Store to Enforce Puppy Lemon Laws
Puppy Is Entitled To Sue UES Pet Store, Attorney Says By: NY1 News 01/04/2012 06:04 PM Two-month-old Umka is the plaintiff in the lawsuit. Owner Elena Zakharova said Umka was sold to her with bad knees and hips by the pet store Raising Rover on the Upper East Side. Though pets are considered “property” under …
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NY Daily News: Lask to Prove Puppies have souls
Lawsuit looks to prove dogs have souls Seeking payment for $8,000 in vet bills, the court claim cites pup’s pain and suffering By Barbara Ross AND Helen Kennedy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, January 3 2012, 9:51 PM Umka’s owner has filed suit claiming the dog should be recognized as a living soul …
Buffalo News: Lask’s Foreclosure Wins-Baum Over
Freddie Mac bans Baum from N.Y. loan service By Jonathan D. Epstein NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER Updated: November 15, 2011, 8:00 AM National mortgage servicing giant Freddie Mac has barred its loan servicers from referring any new foreclosure or bankruptcy cases in New York State to Steven J. Baum PC, delivering a severe blow to a …
USA Today: Lask Says Strip Searches Unreasonable
In Supreme Court case, man says strip-search humiliated himBy Joan Biskupic, USA TODAY10/10/11 WASHINGTON – Albert Florence was riding in a car with his wife and son on a New Jersey highway in 2005 when he was picked up on a warrant for an outstanding fine, taken to jail and, as part of routine processing, …
Star Ledger: Lask’s Supreme Court Gearing Up
Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, strip-searches, and the United States Supreme CourtPublished: Friday, October 07, 2011, 7:34 AM By Linda Stamato/NJ Voices The Star-Ledger Ed Murray, the Star LedgerAttorney Susan Chana Lask and her client Albert Florence discuss his case. The U.S. Supreme Court’s term opened on Monday. The court is expected to hear …
U.S. Attorney Press Release: Steven J. Baum Fined $2 Million
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA________________________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ellen Davis, Carly Sullivan Thursday, October 6, 2011 Jerika Richardson http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys (212) 637-2600 MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTWITH MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW FIRM TO OVERHAULITS PRACTICES AND PAY $2 MILLION FINE PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney …
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