Milton L Williams

April 21, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The much-anticipated defamation trial never began, but a ruling last month may have been a lost opportunity to examine a crucial issue in media law: whether news outlets are responsible for reporting false statements by prominent people.

By Milton L. Williams and Deanna Paul

5 minute read

November 02, 2020 | New York Law Journal

The trend: fraud by employers in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created by Congress earlier this year to help employers meet payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. The advice for employment lawyers: Time to add the False Claims Act to your arsenal of tools used to represent your employee clients.

By Milton L. Williams and Derek Borchardt

6 minute read

April 10, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Some of the employees who will be terminated will still have pending complaints with the EEOC, the SEC, and other authorities at the time of the layoffs—and some of them will suspect that they were terminated not merely for economic reasons, but also for retaliatory ones.

By Milton L. Williams and Derek Borchardt

7 minute read

October 25, 2019 | New York Law Journal

No one cross-examines a witness using syllogisms per se. Rather, the effective trial advocate, through his or her questions, develops testimony and signals inferences that the jury will grasp, recall, and care about, and this presentation requires an exercise of judgment as to which facts will drive the most helpful inferences (and will not drive any harmful inferences) and, tactically, how best to signal the desired inferences effectively to the factfinder (without backfiring).

By Milton L. Williams, Brian D. Mogck and Daniel A. Cohen

15 minute read

January 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Yesterday, Jan. 5, 2015, the New York Court of Appeals commenced its first term of the new year with only five judges and two vacancies. This did not have to happen, but it did because of the decision of the leadership of the state Senate to delay, until January, the confirmation of Justice Leslie E. Stein, who had been nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Oct. 17 to fill a vacancy.

By Milton L. Williams Jr.

2 minute read

March 06, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Milton L. Williams Jr., chair of the Fund and Committee for Modern Courts, writes: The commission is to be applauded, rather than criticized, for its consideration of candidates who reflect the diversity of New York's citizens.

By Milton L. Williams Jr.

5 minute read

May 01, 2002 | Law.com

Milton L. Williams, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, 1st Department, advocates a well-organized education/limited assistance program, in which lawyers could educate groups of community members on relevant legal topics, answer their questions and be available for individual consultation sessions.

By Milton L. Williams

7 minute read

April 23, 2002 | New York Law Journal

W HEN I WAS director and general counsel of legal services in the South Bronx back in the `60s, I felt that our service to our clientele could have been improved with greater funding, with law reform litigation that more closely reflected the issues we encountered on a day-to-day basis, and with a public education/consultation program, where, at times and locations convenient to the community, lawyers could educate groups of community members on relevant legal topics, answer their questions, and be availabl

By Milton L. Williams

7 minute read