Josefa Velasquez

January 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The wide-ranging proposals by the Democratic governor are part of his legislative agenda, which he is set to unveil on Wednesday, and appear to be in response to the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment.

By Josefa Velasquez

5 minute read

December 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Judge Thomas Griesa, a longtime federal judge who oversaw the legal fights over Argentina's debt, died Sunday at the age of 87.Griesa, who was…

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2 minute read

December 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A look back at some of the major events and rulings from New York's top court, the Court of Appeals, in 2017.

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9 minute read

December 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The New York Law Journal takes a look back at 2017 and reviews the highlights and lowlights of the year in Albany, exclusive of state court rulings.

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11 minute read

December 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The DFS posted on its website Tuesday night that it would delay enforcing a certain section of the regulation that deals with prohibition on inducements for future title insurance business and permitted expenses.

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4 minute read

December 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks announced on Tuesday the appointments of four administrative judges in New York City.

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3 minute read

December 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals on Dec. 14 issued an uncorrected opinion, "People v. Boone," No. 55, stating that during final instructions a trial court is required to give, upon request, a jury charge on cross-race effect.

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6 minute read

December 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Christopher C. Clarkin, a justice of the Floyd Town Court since 1999 who is not an attorney, has agreed to resign after an investigation by the Commission on Judicial Conduct into his Facebook postings criticizing public officials and conveying biases in favor of law enforcement and against other groups.

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2 minute read

December 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The authors of the report—Cary Silverman and Mark Behrens, partners at Shook, Hardy & Bacon—claimed that New York's laws "encourage a proliferation" of torts.

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3 minute read

December 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo floated the idea of limiting the ability of publicly traded companies and government entities to secretly settle sexual harassment allegations.

By Josefa Velasquez |

4 minute read