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gjllp.com/francais De nombreux citoyens français se sont installés à New York pour y travailler, étudier ou fonder une famille. Les touristes français affluent également chaque année en masse vers la grosse pomme, attirés par le shopping, les restaurants et théâtres. Malheureusement, certains français se font arrêter à New York et se retrouvent alors dans une…

De nombreux citoyens français se sont installés à New York pour y travailler, étudier ou fonder une famille. Les touristes français affluent également chaque année en masse vers la grosse pomme, attirés par le shopping, les restaurants et théâtres. Malheureusement, certains français se font arrêter à New York et se retrouvent alors dans une situation…

The New Frontier of Drug Crimes: Silk Road, Agora, and the Dark Web The traditional business model of drug trafficking, though potentially lucrative, is fraught with peril and obstacles for its participants at all levels. Thanks to fantastic television programs like The Wire and Breaking Bad, many Americans already have a basic understanding of this…

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is charged with “aggravated procurement” for his alleged role in a French prostitution ring, facing up to 10 years to life imprisonment and a 1.5 million euros fine. The facts go back to 2012 when DSK – as he is widely known in France – was taking part…

University Campus Sexual Assault Disciplinary Proceedings Sexual assault on university campuses has long been a huge and underreported problem, but recently, the topic has received a tremendous amount of press coverage. As a result of this – as well as a spate of Title IX lawsuits alleging that universities have failed to make campuses safe…

Defense attorney Matthew Galluzzo appeared in the New York Daily News on Monday in connection with a story about his client who pleaded guilty in federal court to sexual abuse on an international airplane flight. The Sentencing Guidelines and the prosecutor recommended a sentence of between 6 to 12 months in jail, but Mr. Galluzzo…

Over the course of two days (yesterday and today), Judge Masipa issued her verdict in the South African murder trial of former paralympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius. After a lengthy explanation of her factual findings and legal conclusions, she declared him not guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but convicted him of a lesser charge…

When a person is arrested for a crime in New York State, the immediate concerns are to avoid jail time and to protect against criminal conviction. However, for certain licensed professionals and employees of banks and other FDIC-insured institutions, other collateral concerns must be addressed at the earliest possible time. In fact, critical mistakes can…

Today, it was announced that the New York State Senate passed legislation criminalizing the act of “revenge porn”. The bill needs to be approved by the New York Assembly in order to become law, but we suspect that it will. We have previously written about revenge porn and New York state’s need for a criminal…

On Monday April 7, criminal defense lawyer Matthew Galluzzo appeared on CNN with Carol Costello to discuss the latest news concerning the Oscar Pistorius murder trial in South Africa. Mr. Galluzzo formerly worked as a legal consultant for the National Prosecuting Authority in South Africa and was asked to comment in light of his experience…