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Category Archives: Civil Rights

Held & HInes, LLP Wins Again In the Appellate Division

NY Court Tosses Ex-Hughes Hubbard Atty’s Defamation Suit By Ryan Boysen ·  Listen to article Law360 (August 10, 2023, 4:48 PM EDT) — The years long saga of a former Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP partner who claims that he was falsely accused of exposing himself in an Equinox steam room finally came to an end Thursday, after a New York state appellate court panel upheld a ruling that dismissed his $10 million defamation suit. In a three-page order, a five-judge panel of the […]

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Big Victory For Female Prisoners’ Rights

Held & Hines’ Wins Big Victory in Court Allowing Female Prisoners’ Rights Class-Action Lawsuit To Move Forward Held & Hines, LLP won a another big decision today regarding female prisoner’s rights in NYC jails. Held & Hines, LLP filed a class-action lawsuit against NYC and Health and Hospital Corp. for failing to protect women who are incarcerated in their prisons. The AMA guidelines and preferred and ethical practice is for female prisoners to have female chaperone/escort or a female physician […]

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Dean Pillarella Published in the New York Law Journal

Dean Pillarella, Employee at Held & Hines, LLP, Published in the New York Law Journal On Civil Rights Reform Dean Pillarella, employee at Held & Hines, LLP, is now a published author. His Article on Civil Rights Reform and the 13th Amendment is now published in the New York Law Journal. The members of the firm are so proud of his accomplishment. See link below. https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/06/17/a-call-for-the-revitalization-of-thirteenth-amendment-jurisprudence-as-a-means-of-civil-rights-reform/

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