Attorney Marc Held, who represents Coffey, says that lawyers for Extell as well as the escrow agent, Stroock, Stroock and Lavan, have defied repeated court orders to release the money. He also claims that the lawyers for Extell have given direct instructions to the bond company not to release the funds.
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WLIB 1190AM Radio:Phil Hines, partner at Held & Hines, LLP is quoted on Radio Queens man sues over bogus arrest that began with NYPD cops pepper-spraying him repeatedly — while on video A hot-headed NYPD cop pepper-sprayed a Queens man while he was down — and then kept spraying and spraying. The stunning altercation — caught on surveillance video exclusively obtained by the Daily News — played out at a St. Albans bodega. Afterward, the victim said, a cop hurled […]
Eyewitness News (WABC): Held & Hines’ Case Posted on Eyewitness News Eyewitness News NEW YORK (WABC) — A Muslim family is suing the Empire State Building management company after they say they were booted from the landmark for praying. The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan District Court on Tuesday. The couple says they and their two young children were escorted from the observation deck last July after silently kneeling for evening prayers. The family claims their civil rights were violated. The […]
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Phil Hines, partner at Held & Hines Quoted Regarding Suit Involving Religious Freedoms at Empire State Building https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/muslim-family-escorted-empire-state-building-pray-lawsuit-article-1.1726571
Phillip Hines, a lawyer for the the family, told CNN, “an unwritten rule or policy was being enforced by security when they removed these people.”
“They weren’t bothering anybody, they were out of the way, and for them to be thrown out of the building is just an ignorant and shameful exercise in discriminatory conduct,” Hines said.
The Tirmizis’ lawyer, Phil Hines, said the family outing became an experience of intolerance.
“To most, the Empire State Building is one of the great landmarks of this city, but for my client and his family, it is a building of ignorance and injustice,” Hines said.
“A family trip to enjoy the cityscape was cut short after security officials threw them out of the building for exercising their religious beliefs.”
“This decision is a game changer for brokers trying to collect commissions when they have been blocked out of the final negotiations of a real estate deal and are not paid a commission,” attorney Marc Held, a partner in Manhattan-based Held and Hines, who represented Talk of the Town, said in a statement. “For decades it was understood that the last broker standing was considered the procuring cause of a transaction.”
