Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
October 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Federal Court That Faces Its Share of Real-Life Horrors Gets into Halloween SpiritThe Southern District of New York courthouse in Lower Manhattan sees some of the most high-profile and high-stakes cases of any federal venue…
By Andrew Denney | Ryland West
1 minute read
October 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
'We Learn Much From the Court's Mistakes': Law Journal Review of 'The Worst Supreme Court Decisions, Ever!'The decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that have shaped the country's history are well known to many—Brown, Marbury, Roe, et al. A Cohen & Gresser partner provides a showcase of what he deems to be some of the court's most horrible mistakes.
By Daniel Kornstein
6 minute read
October 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: De Blasio Must Sit for Deposition in Suit Over City Program to Transfer Foreclosed PropertiesThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Reflections on the Reichstag FireDonald Trump sees himself as a strongman who with his followers has a well-documented plan to subvert the 2024 presidential election and remake our form of government, the Law Journal's Bennett Gershman writes.
By Bennett L. Gershman
5 minute read
October 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
In Corruption Case Against Eric Adams, Prosecutors Are Attempting to Create a New Bribery StandardAfter reading the charges in the Adams' indictment and hearing the U.S. attorney's press conference detailing the allegations, the public needs to know that the crimes charged in the indictment are not supported by the publicly available facts.
By Alan Marrus
5 minute read
October 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Landlord Cannot Serve Eviction Warrant on 13-Year-OldThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
The Legislature Has Enacted Landmark Criminal Justice Reforms. Now It Should Take Steps to Improve the SystemThe legislature has made dramatic reforms to our criminal justice system over the past several years—limiting monetary bail, increasing the discovery…
By Daniel Conviser
8 minute read
October 25, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Court Preserves Racial Discrimination Claims Against NYC Law DepartmentActing Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Hasa Kingo disagreed with the Law Department's argument that comments at issue in the lawsuit are not racist in nature and that they "speak to a deeply historical invidious racial animus."
By Andrew Denney
4 minute read
October 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Legal Aid Society Honors Milbank Attorney, Selendy Gay for Providing Pro Bono FirepowerLegal Aid presented its Public Interest Law Leadership Award to Anthony Perez Cassino, Milbank's pro bono counsel, for his 25 years of working with Legal Aid, according to a Legal Aid press release.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
October 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Housing Court Judge Calls for Sanctions Against Landlord AttorneyRespondent was a long-term rent stabilized tenant with a Section 8 subsidy and single mother of a severely autistic adult son. She was the last remaining…
By ALM Staff
3 minute read
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