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| Judge Allows CAIR to Get Away with Fraud; Opening Brief Filed in Appeal |
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| August 17, 2015 |
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 - Pl's Opening Brief--ECF Filed
Washington, D.C. (August 17, 2015) — Judge Paul Friedman, the federal judge presiding over a five-year old lawsuit alleging that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) defrauded dozens of Muslim and non-Muslim clients, issued a shocking ruling when he summarily dismissed the lawsuit, which was brought in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Late last week, the American Freedom Law Center and the Law Offices of David Yerushalmi filed the opening brief in the appeal asking the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to reverse Judge Friedman and reinstate the plaintiffs' claims against CAIR. David Yerushalmi, lead counsel for the five plaintiffs in the two consolidated cases which allege that CAIR hired a fake lawyer who defra ...
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| MBTA's Rejection of Anti-Jihad Ads Heads to Supreme Court |
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| July 28, 2015 |
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- AFDI Petition
Washington, D.C. (July 28, 2015) — Yesterday, David Yerushalmi and his law partner, Robert Muise, filed a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review a sharply-divided decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which upheld the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's (MBTA) refusal to display on its buses two pro-Israel/anti-jihad advertisements, which the MBTA claimed were demeaning to Muslims. The ads were submitted by Mr. Yerushalmi's clients, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer. This past April, a divided panel of the First Circuit affirmed the MBTA's censorship of the ads, holding that the advertising space was not a public forum; therefore, the heightened level of scrutin ...
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| Federal Court: MTA Violated Pamela Geller's First Amendment Rights and Must Pay as a Result |
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| July 20, 2015 |
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New York, NY (July 20, 2015) — On Thursday of last week, the federal court hearing the case against the New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for illegally refusing to display an anti-jihad advertisement granted the plaintiffs, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, and their non-profit organization, American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), partial summary judgment and ordered the MTA to pay nominal damages. The court’s finding of liability and award of damages also opens the door for Geller and her co-plaintiffs to recover their legal fees and costs from the City’s transit authority. The controversial anti-jihad ad, referred to in the case as the “Hamas Killing Jews” advertisement, is displayed below. ...
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| Wealthy Kings Point Sassouni Family Sued for Fraud |
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| July 13, 2015 |
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- Summons and Complaint Filed
Kings Point, New York (July 13, 2015) — Last Wednesday, the Law Offices of David Yerushalmi, P.C., filed a lawsuit on behalf of Greek-American businessman, Photios Cougentakis, alleging that Sayeh Sassouni, who lives at 34 Hemlock Drive in Kings Point, conspired with her father and mother, Nejatollah and Susan Sassouni, also Kings Point residents, to fraudulently convey her home to avoid foreclosure. The lawsuit, entitled Photios Cougentakis v. Sayeh Sassuoni, TOLA New York Enterprises Inc., Nejatollah Sassouni, and Susan Sassouni, et al., Index No. 604439, was filed in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of Nassau County on July 8, 2015. ...
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| Ronald Reagan’s Legacy Preserved: David Yerushalmi Wins Favorable Settlement in Trademark Battle over Famous Slogan |
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| August 05, 2013 |
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Washington, D.C. (August 5, 2013) — Attorney David Yerushalmi has negotiated a settlement agreement to end a federal lawsuit filed last year concerning the use of the well-known slogan, “Peace through Strength,” which was popularized by President Ronald Reagan as he led America to victory in the Cold War.
The American Security Council Foundation (ASCF), a small, but financially well-endowed policy organization now based in Florida, had promoted the slogan that became one of Mr. Rea ...
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