U.S. District Court Judge LORETTA PRESKA ruled Thursday that former Islanders co-Owner STEPHEN WALSH is "entitled to a re-sentencing that could shorten his 20-year prison term for securities fraud." Preska "granted Walsh's request to reconsider" the '14 sentence after "finding that his lawyers had provided 'ineffective assistance' in agreeing to a plea that waived any right to appeal." Walsh co-owned the Islanders from '91-00, and was charged with investment fraud in '09 (NEWSDAY, 4/26).
NAMES: MICHELLE KWAN is joining JOE BIDEN's 2020 presidential campaign as a "surrogates director." Kwan was a "surrogate outreach coordinator" for HILLARY CLINTON's '16 campaign (WASHINGTONEXAMINER.com, 4/25)....Fanatics has agreed to "pay former employee VINCENT PERKINS $57,050 in back pay and $265,000 in compensatory damages, a total of $322,050, as part of a consent decree settling an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission federal court lawsuit filed last summer" (MIAMIHERALD.com, 4/25)....Former NFLer MARTELLUS BENNETT on Wednesday spoke to students at the Museum of African American History in Boston as part of a tour for his new children's book, “DEAR BLACK BOY” (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 4/25).
