Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
October 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Contempt Indictment Dismissed Against Defendant Who Appeared In Kangaroo CostumeThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 18, 2023 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Justices Need Not Have Experience as Trial JudgesIt is true that justices also have the more routine role in many cases of deciding whether trial judges abused their discretion or made clearly erroneous findings of fact. But trial lawyers too have lots of experience on that subject on the other side of the bench.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board
4 minute read
October 18, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Youth Shelter Must Furnish Video Evidence to DA for Slashing InvestigationThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Justice Suffers Without Pay Parity for New York's JudgesMembers of the bench are counted upon to do what is perhaps our state's most important work, while they are compensated at a rate that increasingly lags behind other states.
By David Scher
5 minute read
October 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Plaintiff's Effort to Garnish MTA Train Operator's Wages Amounts to 'Legal Chutzpah'This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Criminal Court Rulings Lack Jurisdiction in Supreme Court on Double Jeopardy GroundsThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 12, 2023 | New York Law Journal
50 Years and Counting: New York City Housing Court Reaches the Half-Century MarkNew York City's Housing Court was created by statute in 1973 to alleviate the vast number of landlord-tenant matters that were overburdening the Civil Court. Without its existence, the Civil Court would have collapsed under its own weight of cases
By George M. Heymann
8 minute read
October 11, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Prominent Plaintiff-Side Wrongful-Conviction Firm Sharpens Leadership Picture With Addition of 2 Name PartnersThe name change comes as the 15-attorney firm prepares to hang its sign at a different address. Next spring, it will move from its longtime home in Manhattan's Tribeca to a new office in the West Village at 200 Varick St.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
October 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Cultural Awareness in Domestic ViolenceIt's difficult for any person to pursue a domestic violence case against a spouse or partner, partially because of the psychological coercion the abuser utilizes, but especially so for a woman from a culture with deep-rooted beliefs about corporal punishment in the marital relationship.
By Lisa M. Fisher and Tatiana N. Coffinger
5 minute read
October 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Oil Spill Complaint Is Denied Dismissal; Claims Not Shown Untimely Under Three-Year PeriodThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
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