Dan M. Clark

October 31, 2019 | New York Law Journal

"It's a phenomenal department. We are largely the law firm for the city," Johnson told the New York Law Journal. "We are one of, if not, the nation's largest public interest law firm."

By Dan M. Clark

6 minute read

October 30, 2019 | New York Law Journal

It's estimated that fewer than 2% of applicants even answer affirmatively to the question about mental health. But statistics indicate that the population of law school students who actually deal with challenges to their mental health is much greater, according to the report.

By Dan M. Clark

7 minute read

October 30, 2019 | New York Law Journal

A new executive director has been named for the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission, a statewide panel of judges and attorneys that seeks to educate and advise court officials on issues that affect both employees and litigants of color.

By Dan M. Clark

2 minute read

October 29, 2019 | New York Law Journal

State officials had been seeking to compel the federal agency to identify emissions from approximately 350 sources in nine states to the south and west of New York as a contributing factor to unhealthy air quality for several residents.

By Dan M. Clark

4 minute read

October 29, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Two judges in New York will remain off the bench, but still be paid for their positions, after the state's highest court voted to approve their suspensions in separate decisions handed down Tuesday morning.

By Dan M. Clark

5 minute read

October 29, 2019 | New York Law Journal

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore wrote in a concurring opinion, separate from a one-paragraph memorandum by the majority, that allowing defendants to plead guilty to a higher-level, insufficient charge, rather than a valid, lower-level charge, wasn't fair.

By Dan M. Clark

6 minute read

October 28, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The New York Civil Liberties Union, in the report, identified 40,000 solitary confinement sanctions in New York last year and said new regulations won't do enough to change that.

By Dan M. Clark

6 minute read

October 28, 2019 | New York Law Journal

A representative for New York Attorney General Letitia James testified before state lawmakers that her office will need $10.2 million in new funding to comply with the laws.

By Dan M. Clark

6 minute read

October 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

New York's membership in the coalition will allow it to share ideas, and facilitate cross-border testing in financial products and services, with other organizations and regulators.

By Dan M. Clark

2 minute read

October 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

The Trump administration rebuked the state's claims about common-law privilege in their motion to throw out the lawsuit, saying that federal law promulgated by Congress superseded the centuries-old understanding.

By Dan M. Clark

5 minute read