While online and offline extortionists may try to couch their efforts to obtain money from you as something other than what it is really is – a crime, the offenses they commit are not always the same. To that end,
New York Criminal Lawyer Blog
The New York Criminal Lawyer Blog, published by Saland Law, focuses on criminal defense issues specific to New York State. It covers topics such as domestic violence charges, motions to dismiss criminal cases, extortion and sextortion crimes, firearm possession laws, and recent legislative changes to sex crime statutes under Article 130 of the New York Penal Law. The blog discusses practical defense strategies, prosecutorial conduct, and case outcomes, providing insights into navigating the criminal justice system in New York. It also addresses emerging crimes like online blackmail and the complexities of firearm possession for visitors to New York City.
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Applying NY’s Revenge Porn “Digitization” Language to CSAM Crimes of Penal Law 263.10, 263.11, 263.15 & 263.16
In the context of unlawful intimate and sexual imagery, the ease by which malicious actors can create “deep fakes” and AI generated images to harm or harass others in every facet of their lives both online and off has led…
Title IX Case Against Client Dropped at Top National University After Client Files Own Complaint Against False Accuser
As a lawyer who regularly serves as a Title IX attorney-advisor to students and faculty at Ivy League, elite, and other highly respected colleges and universities both in New York – Columbia, Barnard, NYU, Cornell, Fordham, Pratt, Binghamton – and…
Student Avoids Multi-Semester Suspension & No-Contact Order Dissolved After University Title IX Dating Violence Hearing
As a college and university Title IX attorney-advisor, I have shepherded many a client through either a fact-finding hearing or informal/administrative resolution resulting in a finding of no responsibility, aka, an “acquittal”. Whether they were accused of violating Title…
Felony & Misdemeanor Charges Across Three Arrests Dismissed for Client Wrongfully Charged for Domestic Violence Crimes
Even if I am always professional in my interactions with prosecutors and often more than cordial and friendly, I routinely disagree with prosecutors and regularly have an adversarial relationship with them as a criminal defense lawyer. Simply, that is…
NYC Trial Lawyer’s Motions to Dismiss Serves Clients Far Better than Trials Themselves: Alleged Domestic Violence Assault Cases Dismissed
As a trial attorney in New York’s criminal courts, I am certainly not afraid to “go the distance” if needed to exonerate a client. However, I can unequivocally say that even if a client desperately wants his or her day…
Extortion Lawyers Shut Down Attempted Long-Term Affair Sextortion & Online Blackmail of Two Clients
Sextortion and Blackmail in New York City and well beyond are crimes that are boundlessly expanding in terms of who is targeted and the means by which the crimes are perpetrated. One of likely very few Extortion attorneys and lawyers…
Saland Law Secures Non-Criminal Plea for Pro-Bono Client Charged with Violent Felony Gun Possession
Saland Law is proud to share a pro-bono client’s non-criminal disposition after her arrest in Manhattan and subsequent charge of Second Degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon, New York Penal Law 265.03. A legal firearm owner who possessed a…
New York Article 130 Penal Law Update: September 2024 Change in NYS Sex Crime Laws & Definitions
Although sex crimes prosecutors and New York criminal defense attorneys defending individuals investigated for and accused of Article 130 crimes including Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct, and Forcible Touching respectively are aware of the September 1, 2024, changes to the…
Petitioner Withdraws Order of Protection After Motion to Dismiss Before Client Avoids “Mandatory” Domestic Violence Arrest Based on Allegations
Though it may seem politically incorrect, when you are accused of a crime…political correctness doesn’t mean squat. Instead, facts, evidence, and the law is what matters. With that in mind, Saland Law is pleased to share that a recent client…