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Susan DeSantis

Susan DeSantis

Susan DeSantis is the deputy editor-in-chief of the New York Law Journal. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @sndesantis

August 31, 2018 | New York Law Journal

CPLR 5511, the Pitfalls of Aggrievement, Beyond the Basics, Part II

An issue is not actually litigated if, for example, there has been a default, a confession of liability, a failure to place a matter in issue by proper pleading or even because of stipulation.

By Elliott Scheinberg

11 minute read

August 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

CPLR 5511, the Pitfalls of Aggrievement, Beyond the Basics, Part I

Aggrievement occurs when requested relief is denied in whole or in part or when someone demands relief against another, who opposed the application, and the relief is granted in whole or in part.

By Elliott Scheinberg

10 minute read

August 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

He's a Constant Presence in the Courtroom But From Under the Bench

No matter how boring he may find the testimony, Barney never barks or complains.

By Susan DeSantis

5 minute read

August 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Scott Mozarsky Appointed Regional Managing Director of Vannin Capital

Scott Mozarsky joins Vannin from Bloomberg BNA, where he was president of Bloomberg Law.

By Susan DeSantis

1 minute read

August 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

ICOs One Year After the SEC's DAO Report

As the regulatory landscape around ICOs continues to unfold, interested parties await a federal district court's decision on a motion to dismiss in the criminal case 'United States v. Zaslavskiy', which will hopefully bring some clarity to the appropriateness and perhaps scope of SEC authority in the space.

By Una A. Dean and Adam Y. Yefet

10 minute read

August 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers Have a Special Obligation to Our Democracy

These very rights are now under siege in a way that we haven't seen at least since the McCarthy era in the 1950s when individuals' lives were destroyed because of their beliefs.

By Michael Miller

6 minute read

August 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Third-Party Litigation Funders Fight Hard to Stay in the Shadows

Indeed, if funders have absolutely no influence, what exactly are they discussing with investors?

By Lisa A. Rickard

4 minute read

August 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Herb Rubin, Who Argued 'World-wide Volkswagen,' Isn't Ready to Retire at Age 100

You know Herb Rubin. He argued that U.S. Supreme Court case you analyzed in law school.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

August 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The Short Arm of Congressional Insider Trading Statutes  

Fans of market “fairness” at any intellectual cost can rejoice that a difficult hodgepodge of statutes, regulations, and common law wizardry can be expediently cobbled together to charge those who appear to flaunt their privileged status.

By  J. Scott Colesanti

9 minute read

August 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Employees With Criminal Records Deserve a Second Chance

The American economy loses between $78 billion and $87 billion in annual GDP every year as a result of the policies and practices that lock people with felony convictions out of the workforce.

By Eric Eingold

5 minute read