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Cases Seeking Disclosure About NYPD Muslim Surveillance Will Be Heard by Appeals Court

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The Court of Appeals agreed Monday to hear a case challenging the New York City Police Department’s refusal to acknowledge the existence of records sought under the state Freedom of Information Law. The New York Law Journal http://otmlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/11-21-16-NY-Law-Journal-to-Hear-FOIL-and-Glomar-Case.pdf

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OTMLAW seeks to protect the RLUIPA by representing ICCMW in this civil lawsuit

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The City of Yonkers, City Council voting process to designate ICCMW’s property was one of the fastest, and most biased land-marking of a property in Yonkers, New York. The designation targeted ICCMW’s application to build a mosque in the City of Yonkers, based on religion. Learn more about this case by checking out the following media articles: NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/islamic-community-group-sues-city-alleging-house-made-landmark-stop-n653256 Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/21/muslim-group-sues-yonkers-over-house-landmark-designation.html News 12, Westchester: http://westchester.news12.com/news/muslim-group-sues-yonkers-over-alleged-civil-rights-violations-1.12349479 FIOS1 News: http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudsonvalley/planned-yonkers-mosque-lawsuit-sep-22-2016#.V-QF2pUm7q4

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NYLJ 100

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Today we bring to you the latest edition of the NYLJ 100, our annual report ranking firms’ average number of full-time equivalent attorneys in New York state for the 2015 calendar year. Read more http://otmlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NYLJ-100-ilovepdf-compressed.pdf

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Appellate court sides with NYPD on Muslim surveillance documents

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The unanimous decision by the judges accepted the department’s so-called Glomar defense—a provision related to federal Freedom of Information Act that allows federal agencies to avoid acknowledging or denying the existence of certain sensitive information if it rises to a level of “harm cognizable” to law enforcement and public safety. Read more…here

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Panel Supports City’s Denial of Data on NYPD Surveillance

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New York Law Journal June 3, 2016 Police properly applied a legal doctrine allowing it to refuse to acknowledge the existence of records, requested under state Freedom of Information Law, that related to surveillance programs, a Manhattan appeals court found.  Read more…http://otmlaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Panel- Supports-City-s-Denial- of-Data- on-NYPD-Surveillance- New-York- Law-….pdf

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New York State Court Denies Glomar Application on FOIL Case

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The Court in this case denied the New York City Police Department’s (“NYPD”) motion to dismiss. It argued that the NYPD could not evade its obligation under the Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) by invoking the federal “Glomar Doctrine” exception. The Court in this case declined to adopt the Glomar doctrine and stated that the

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Sireen Hashem v. Hunterdon Central Regional High School

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OTMLAW Filed a Prominent Employment Discrimination CaseOTMLAW filed an employment discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a Muslim, a Palestinian and an Arab who taught at a NJ High School. The lawsuit alleges, among others discrimination, harassed and retaliated based religion, race, and national origin. She was ultimately terminated. Please log on to the widely media

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