Susan DeSantis

December 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Throughout the country, states have modified criminal discovery rules to share witness statements and other evidence that makes the system fairer to those charged with criminal offenses.

By Seymour James

1 minute read

December 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

At age 106, Mordie Rochlin doesn't have the stamina to fight the holiday traffic. That's why you won't find him at the Paul, Weiss offices near Rockefeller Center until after the new year.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

December 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Sending someone to prison should be the hardest thing a judge sitting in a criminal term should ever have to do, yet we have made it too damn easy with our politically mandated mandatory sentences.

By Leon Polsky

1 minute read

December 17, 2018 | New York Law Journal

I've been in the outhouse and the penthouse with clients when it comes to proffering or testifying or meeting – clients who have lied to federal agents.

By Randy Zelin

2 minute read

December 14, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Some of New York's top-rated school—NYU School of Law, Cornell Law School and Fordham School of Law—chose to keep their class size steady despite the overall better applicant pool.

By Karen Sloan | Susan DeSantis

4 minute read

December 14, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Margaret Garnett, the newly sworn-in commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation, has appointed her executive staff.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

December 12, 2018 | New York Law Journal

'His perspective as a mentor, educator and member of the bench will be invaluable to the law school,' said Stuart Subotnick, chairman of the board of trustees.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

December 12, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Edward Wallace and Mark Weprin of Greenberg Traurig have been hired to help fight growing opposition to the retail giant's plans.

By Michael Washburn

3 minute read

December 12, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Like a drug, the rush of power, influence and wealth can quickly eat away at those whose ethical compass malfunctions (or doesn't exist), and the fall from feeling like a 'master of the universe' to convicted felon can be both personally unexpected and tragic.

By Roger Bennet Adler

4 minute read

December 12, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Parabellum Capital is paying to keep a patent analysis tool developed by a former Fish & Richardson lawyer away from its competitors.

By Roy Strom

3 minute read