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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…

Recently, federal law enforcement authorities announced the arrests of 71 people in the New York City area in connection with an alleged child pornography production and distribution ring. The federal charges most often applied to the creation, manufacture, possession and distribution of obscene materials involving minors are typically the following: 18 USC § 1466A, 18…

The great British jurist Sir Edward Coke has been quoted as stating regarding corporations that, “It is a fiction, a shade, a nonentity, but a reality for legal purposes. A corporation aggregate is only in abstracto–it is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law.” Perhaps because of the view that…

On Tuesday evening, May 6, Fox 5 New York interviewed former prosecutor and criminal defense/civil rights attorney Matthew Galluzzo about the recent announcement that three men that had been wrongfully convicted of murder were recently exonerated after the Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson concluded that their convictions had been the result of police and prosecutorial…

Recently, the federal government’s Department of Education announced that it was formally investigating 55 American institutions of higher education for possible violations of Title IX’s rules relating to the prevention and investigation of sexual assault complaints on campus.Some of those investigations were spurred by complaints made by students directly to the Department of Education, while…

Oscar Pistorius’ Defense Analyzed by a Criminal Defense Attorney (April 8, 2014) Author Matthew Galluzzo, Esq. is a former Manhattan prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. In 2011-2012, he worked alongside South African criminal prosecutors as a legal consultant to the South African National Prosecuting Authority. He has been following the Pistorius murder case and has…

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…

Blog – Sexual Offenders Registry: By Laura Monagle. Conviction for a sex offense can have life long ramifications for defendants who will be required to register as sex offenders. The following post will explain the process of registration as a sex offender. If you are facing charges which could result in you being determined to…

Blog – § 1983 Case Plan: Given the ever increasing number of claims being filed for excessive force, false arrest, and/or malicious prosecution against the City and/or the New York City Police Department (‘NYPD’), the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York (‘SDNY’)(serving Manhattan, White Plains and Middletown, NY) came up…