Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
June 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Cases Cannot Be Defined by Media CoverageThis is primarily a "Tale of Two Cases," heard on back-to-back days at the New York Court of Appeals in 1990. My focus highlights different standards the media use to cover, and often skew, the public understanding of a well-informed public concerning the civic importance and core values of cases and the judicial process.
By Joseph W. Bellacosa
5 minute read
June 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: NYC Did Not Breach Administrative Code When Switching Retiree Medicare Supplement PlansThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
May 31, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Attorney in Social Security Benefits Case Granted Fees Under Equal Access to Justice ActThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
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May 31, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Veteran Attorney for NYC Law Department Named Interim Corporation Counsel as Succession Plan ContinuesMuriel Goode-Trufant will lead the 765-attorney Law Department as Mayor Eric Adams continues to withhold an announcement of his official nominee for the city's next corporation counsel. The mayor's consideration of King & Spalding partner Randy Mastro as Sylvia Hinds-Radix's successor in the role has been met with strong opposition from a majority of the New York City Council's 51 members.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
May 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Legal Fees Necessitated by Subpoena Constitute Concrete Monetary Harm for StandingThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
May 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Federal Judge Preserves Claims in Class Action Suit Over Pistachios in Ice CreamThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By ALM Staff
3 minute read
May 28, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Breyer Says Textualism Leads to 'Abhorrent' Outcomes, But Takes a Light Touch on Its Effects on Today's SCOTUSThe former U.S. Supreme Court justice's book provides excellent analysis of the contrast between textualism/originalism, but was not as forceful as it could have been in highlighting examples where textualism and originalism would produce abhorrent results that could undermine the high court's prestige.
By Jeffrey M. Winn
8 minute read
May 25, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Court Dismisses Suit by Mets Fan Who Took Hit From T-Shirt CannonNew York Mets fan Alexander Swanson sued the team after he took a hit to the eye from a rolled up T-shirt fired from a cannon during a June 2019…
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
May 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Celebrating the AAPI Community's Unsung Role in Marriage EqualityAAPI members of the bench and bar recently breathed life back into a decades-old case with a re-enactment hosted by the Asian American Bar Association of New York at Crowell & Moring's recently opened office in Manhattan's Hudson Yards.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
May 22, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Times Square Hotel Not Liable for Guest's Suicide Death, Had No Duty of CareThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
By Andrew Denney
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