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Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland asks for early prison release, citing coronavirus concerns
Billy McFarland, the creator of the failed 2017 Fyre Festival, on Tuesday requested to be released early from prison and serve the remainder of his six year sentence under "home confinement." McFarland cited the coronavirus spread in the Ohio prison where he is currently being held as the reason he should be released, according to court documents obtained Thursday by CBS News. McFarland's request for compassionate release was made in a letter sent from his attorneys to Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawyers argue in the letter that McFarland's "preexisting conditions" make him "particularly vulnerable to catching and suffering from severe or fatal consequences of the virus."
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- of Counsel / DIRECTOR of International Family Law, Hague Convention and Complex Financial and Custody Issues
A world expert in family law, founder of Family Law International and a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, Caroline Langley is qualified and has practiced in three jurisdictions: England & Wales, Hong Kong and the USA. She has handled numerous complex international family cases in the United States, Asia, Europe, Argentina, Greece, and South Africa. With nearly three decades of experience, she is a preeminent specialist in
Director and producer Craven Moorehead has filed a $10 million civil lawsuit for defamation against model Aria Lee over sexual assault allegations made against him by Lee back in June. The lawsuit, filed a few days ago, was first reported yesterday by the New York Post's Page Six and XBIZ has since been able to view the full complaint.
Ms. Garcia focuses in private equity, corporate and immigration law. She has vast experience in the legal and financial fields. Before re-joining Hantman & Associates Ms. Garcia was a Vice President at Panamerican Capital Partners, which provides private equity investing and investment banking services in the infrastructure and energy fields. She was mainly involved in the management of their international infrastructure finance funds. From 2002 to 2005, Ms. García practiced law in New York with our firm, working in acquisitions, negotiations, due diligence and providing counsel on international law issues and immigration law to the Colombian Consulate. From 1998 to 2002, Ms. García was the Consul for Legal Affairs at the Colombian Consulate in New York. Before moving to New York, she practiced law in Bogota, Colombia.
Yankee owner George Steinbrenner came down with a persistent case of memory loss yesterday trying to dodge a $1 million lawsuit over unpaid bills on blueprints for Yankee Stadium luxury boxes. A Pennsylvania firm, GSGSB Inc., filed suit charging the Yankees hired it in 1984 to design luxury boxes and a restaurant for well-heeled fans.
Admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1974. Admitted to the New York Bar in 1983. Practiced before New York State Courts, New Jersey State Courts, the United States District Court New Jersey, the United States District Court New York and the United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit in matters involving complex civil commercial and insurance litigation as well as commercial and residential real estate and general corporate matters. Represented United Food and Commercial Workers Union locals in labor and pension matters. Represented local municipal entities in school law litigation. Acted as General Counsel to Academy Bus LLC, Singer Shop-Rite Supermarkets and Emar Associates.
Job Titles:
- Well - Known Hollywood Producer
Well-known Hollywood producer Julius (Jules) Nasso has delivered the legal equivalent of a $10-million karate chop to Grandmaster Jhong Uhk Kim, his producing partner in a recently completed martial arts movie. Nasso seeks that amount in damages from Kim, alleging the martial arts maven has abrogated his financial and promotional responsibilities, dooming the movie, entitled "DARC," to a "short shelf-life and near-certain financial failure."
Katherine Kleyman is a Law Clerk at Hantman & Associates. She handles civil litigation matters involving employment law, commercial law, family law, and employment law.
After graduating from Magna Cum Laude from Fordham University with a degree in Political Science, she earned her Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 2020.
While at Law School, Katherine served as the Treasurer for the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) and the Event Chair for the Anti-Trafficking Legal Advocacy Society (ATLAS). In addition, she worked with the Courtroom Advocates Project, assisting domestic violence victims seeking protective orders in the New York City Family Courts. Ms. Kleyman also spent a semester studying in Belfast, Ireland and was a Judicial Extern for the Lord Chief Justice Office in Belfast, Ireland.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of CrossFit
- CrossFit Co - Founder
CrossFit co-founder Lauren Jenai has just gotten a wedding present she never imagined - her jailed fiance Franklin Tyrone Tucker is being freed on $2 million bond just before the couple was to be married in jail. The 11th-hour bond deal has even brought Jenai closer with her ex-husband, she said - as he offered to chip in and help with a loan.
Jenai is the co-founder of CrossFit, and a divorcée worth $20 million. She's in love again, and she doesn't care her fiancé is an accused murderer looking at life in prison. When the Duchess of Windsor, née Wallis Simpson, reportedly said "a woman can never be too rich or too thin," she couldn't possibly have imagined Lauren Jenai. The fitness entrepreneur is not only lithe as a cheetah, but she also pocketed $20 million from CrossFit, the gym-training empire she co-founded with her ex-husband, Greg Glassman.
After Dodgers co-owner Magic Johnson got in hot water with Major League Baseball for his comments about Yankee slugger Robinson Cano, he's now had a setback in a federal court. A Florida judge is allowing a case against the former NBA star to proceed, alleging he broke an agreement to market and sell a prepaid credit card - called the Magic Cash Card - and then made a similar deal with competitor OneWest Bank to hawk a similarly-named prepaid plastic.
Nyall Cook has a background focusing on entertainment and media law, international law, and corporate and business law. Nyall graduated from University of Colorado Boulder in 2015 where he received a Bachelors in Operations Management, a minor in Mandarin Chinese, and a Global Business Certificate. Thereafter he attended Brooklyn Law School where he was awarded a position as the Associate Managing Editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, received a "CALI Excellence for the Future Award" in Entertainment; the Charles and Jane Ortner Prize for Achievement in Entertainment Law;
the Richardson Merit Scholarship; the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship; the Judge William C. Thompson '54 Scholarship: Endowed Scholar; and the Jeffrey E. Rockwell Memorial Prize [awarded for the highest grade in the course of International Law]. Nyall Cook also served as the Vice President of the Brooklyn Entertainment and Sports Law Society and spent a semester studying comparative law in Beijing, China at the University of International Business and Economics (对外经济贸易大学). Admitted to the New York Bar in 2020, Nyall Cook has experience in both transactional matters and dispute resolution which he has applied to satisfying the needs of the firm's clients, what-ever they might be.
Famed Pop artist Peter Max is a scammer who cheated two New York men out of commissions on the sale of his storied Corvette collection and also swindled a New Jersey woman with artwork that was "ghost painted" for him, a new lawsuit charges. Jeff Wallner and Kenneth Simmons are suing the ‘60s psychedelic art icon and his agent Larry Moskowitz for $1 million, claiming Max asked them to sell off his trove of 36 Corvettes - one for each year between 1953 and 1989 - in exchange for a 10 percent commission they never got.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner of the Firm
With almost forty years of experience as a trial attorney, Robert Hantman is the founding partner of the Firm. Mr. Hantman specializes in civil-commercial - including FINRA and SEC matters - and selective criminal litigation. He has served as counsel to both public and private companies and was outside counsel to the Colombian Consulate for over 14 years.
Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine smear case started with splashy Hollywood deal gone bad - and a cameo from Jack Nicholson
A Hollywood deal that went sideways gave federal investigators clues to unravel the explosive scheme to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine - a plot that could land America's Mayor behind bars. Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani's shady Soviet emigre partners in an alleged scheme to boost President Trump's reelection, also once scammed a friend out of $350,000 that he claimed was a loan to help fund a proposed flick called "Memory of a Killer," a Long Island federal judge ruled.
Shannon Harvey, Esq., a Pennsylvania native, is the principal attorney of the Miami-based Law Offices of Shannon Harvey, P.A., established in 2007. Ms. Harvey is licensed in New York and Florida. She practices probate, guardianship, intellectual property, entertainment law, and contract litigation. She serves as a distinguished panelist on various programs for the American Bar Association.
Sui He is being sued. The stunning Victoria's Secret runway beauty, who is also known for her 2011 turn as the first East Asian model to open a runway show for Ralph Lauren, has been accused of dumping her agency to join a rival.
Tony Shafrazi - the art dealer who discovered Jean-Michel Basquiat and nurtured the careers of Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf - is facing eviction from the Soho loft where he has lived for more than 20 years. But Shafrazi, 71, is fighting back. The dealer's lawyer Robert Hantman filed suit for $8 million Friday in Manhattan Supreme Court accusing the landlord of fraud and breach of contract.