From: New York Law360 <[email protected]> To: Subject: Sheldon Silver Winds Up With 61/4-Year Prison Term Date: "Cue, 21 Jul 2020 07:29:34 +0000 s i_aw360 New York NEW YORK Tuesday, July 21, 2020 GiFollow Law360 TOP NEWS Sheldon Silver Winds Up With 6%-Year Prison Term More than four years after he was first sentenced to 12 years in prison on corruption charges, former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Monday was resentenced to a 6%-year term, in a rejection of his bid for home confinement. Read full article » For Attys, Flexible Work Arrangements May Be Here To Stay When COVID-19 hit the U.S. in March, law firms grappled with office closures and remote-work arrangements to comply with local stay-at-home orders. Four months later, many attorneys seem to have adapted to working from home and may not need to return to the office anytime soon, experts said during a panel discussion Monday. Read full article » Ex-Fox News Host Accused Of Rape In New Harassment Suit Fox News fired a producer after she was allegedly raped by ousted host Ed Henry and complained about toxic workplace culture, while a female guest lost out on a full-time job after refusing an advance from Tucker Carlson and enduring harassment by Sean Hannity, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Complaint attached I Read full article » 2nd Circ. Upholds Turkish Banker's Conviction The Second Circuit upheld a Turkish banker's conviction for evading U.S. sanctions on Iran, saying in a Monday opinion that strong evidence supported the jury verdict, even if one of the government's charging theories missed the mark. Opinion attached I Read full article » Showtime Beats Cayuga Nation's 'Billions' Defamation Suit A New York judge has tossed a defamation suit by the Cayuga Nation and a council member over what they called a negative portrayal of the tribal official in an episode of Showtime's fictional show "Billions," saying they hadn't shown the character was ba