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From time to time, an individual en route to the United States via commercial airplane gets arrested for groping or getting into a fight with another passenger. Because these crimes do not occur on U.S. soil, they generally fall under federal jurisdiction. Specifically, 49 U.S.C. § 46506 confers “special maritime jurisdiction” upon those criminal acts…

Robert Durst HBO Confession – Would it be admissible? In a captivating HBO television episode, Robert Durst, long a suspect in several homicides, apparently confessed -unwittingly, perhaps – by muttering to himself in the bathroom while wearing a live microphone. Durst was promptly arrested by police and is currently facing extradition to California to face…

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…

On January 7th 2015, two gunmen launched a terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, shooting dead twelve people and injuring many others. Among those killed were four well-known cartoonists, staff of the weekly and two police officers. This extremist Islamic attack took place almost 3 years after the magazine had…

On January 6, the New York Daily News published a column written by Matthew Galluzzo evaluating the decision by prosecutors at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office not to prosecute civil rights lawyer Sanford Rubenstein for an alleged rape at his apartment. The Daily News solicited Mr. Galluzzo’s opinion on the case because he is an…

Matthew Galluzzo was recently quoted as a civil rights expert in the NY Daily News pertaining to the NYPD’s Operation Take Back, a sting used to arrest people for buying “stolen” iPhones from undercover officers. The operation has been much criticized by Matthew Galluzzo, who has successfully sued the NYPD on behalf of individuals falsely…

Earlier this year, a student at a prominent New York university was accused by another student at his school of sexual misconduct. He retained MG to help him defend himself at his disciplinary panel hearing stemming from this complaint. The Law Office of Matthew Galluzzo assisted him in preparing and organizing and presenting his evidence…

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…

Last night a rookie police officer shot and killed a 28 year old unarmed man named Akai Gurley as he was walking down a staircase in East New York’s Pink Houses. New York City Police Commissioner Bratton described the police shooting as “unintentional, ” and the result of an ‘”accidental discharge.” Whether or not this…