Lora Hollien

September 16, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Civil cases deserve to be heard and the lack of funding should not allow abuse by big business to persist scot-free.

By Christopher J. DeLise

5 minute read

September 11, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The Unified Court System is holding a virtual observation of the anniversary of the September 11 attack which killed Captain William Harry Thompson, Sergeant Thomas Jurgens and Sergeant Mitchel Wallace.

By David Handschuh

1 minute read

August 27, 2020 | New York Law Journal

I am a sole practitioner and single parent. I have always done a lot of my paper work at home, so working from home during the pandemic has not been an adjustment for me. But for decades, the courthouse had been an extension of my office. Speaking with my adversaries and courtroom staff took the place of lunchroom meetings and standing around the office water cooler.

By Elayne Kesselman

7 minute read

August 21, 2020 | New York Law Journal

COVID-19 will leave the world with massive damage in its wake. Rebuilding post-pandemic will need to be a collective project, with communication among participants and adequate solidarity, morale, and empathy, the attitude that "we are all in this together" and that every worker has skin in the game.

By William M. Erlbaum

7 minute read

August 20, 2020 | New York Law Journal

So long as our profession remains siloed, we will fail to help attorneys at every age and every professional level from improving their lives and the lives of those who care for them deeply.

By Edward Steinberg

3 minute read

August 18, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the First Department has reduced the number of pending appeals (cases that have been argued but not yet decided) to zero for the first time in our history. However, we currently have a record number of perfected appeals for the September term.

By Justice Rolando Acosta

8 minute read

August 12, 2020 | New York Law Journal

An attorney who started her career when the legal market was devastated by the Great Recession offers advice to young attorneys who are navigating today's challenging hiring sector and law students who are looking ahead to an uncertain future.

By Deborah Beth Medows

8 minute read

July 29, 2020 | New York Law Journal

As businesses forced to close by emergency orders attempt to negotiate with landlords and other creditors and try to modify or terminate commercial leases, lawyers will need to think carefully about the doctrines of impossibility and frustration of purpose, as well as force majeure clauses.

By Robert Rattet, Derek Wolman, William Mack, and James Glucksman

5 minute read

July 27, 2020 | New York Law Journal

A recent article purports to analyze the Court of Appeals' holding in 'Regina Metro Co. LLC v. New York State Div. of Housing & Community Renewal', and concludes that the "default formula" is only available when a tenant successfully establishes that the base date rent is the result of a "complete fabricated event." The article is both misleading and errant.

By Lucas A. Ferrara and Roger A. Sachar

7 minute read

July 24, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Until the 2020 election cycle—when the President's strategy seems to be to create a phony panic about violent crime—the federal death penalty did not seem to be a high priority. Suddenly, it is an emergency.

By Eric Lewis

5 minute read