Susan DeSantis

August 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

As a young prosecutor, working for Rudy was fun and exciting. He had a great sense of humor, was smart, energetic, supportive.

By Elliott B. Jacobson

1 minute read

August 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

He liked to say that he played on the same bandstands as Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri—just not at the same time.

By Joseph R. Erazo and Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick

1 minute read

August 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The FAA will typically apply to the vast majority of commercial arbitrations in New York because the activity at issue will often affect interstate commerce.

By Stephen L. Brodsky

1 minute read

August 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Jeffrey Boxer, co-chair of the litigation practice at Carter Ledyard & Milburn, discussed the advantages and challenges of being a midsize firm in a supersized city.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

August 01, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The actual malice standard poses an evidentiary hurdle that alleged victims may be unable to clear.

By Mark S. Mulholland and Elizabeth S. Sy

2 minute read

August 01, 2018 | Pro Mid Market

Craig Wittlin, managing partner of Harter Secrest & Emery in upstate New York, discusses his firm's competitive advantages: its partnership structure, low overhead and meaningful work for younger associates.

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read

July 31, 2018 | New York Law Journal

His work ethic, boundless energy in grappling with legal challenges and a “roll-up-the-sleeves” attitude projected inspiration to those of us who were privileged to hear his counsel.

By Herbert Rubin

2 minute read

July 31, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Police found a bedroom with the door open and “observed a clear plastic container with five bullets inside… a gun cleaning kit on the floor in front of the bed and a black hard plastic case,” which contained four handguns inside.

By George M. Heymann

1 minute read

July 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The rules will be applicable to all matters pending in the court unless a showing can be made to the court that a party would be substantially prejudiced or that it would be manifestly unjust or impracticable to apply the new rules.

By Randall Eng

7 minute read

July 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Former Second Department Justice Thomas Dickerson, who turned cases representing travelers whose dream vacations went awry into the field we now know as travel law, died July 26 at age 74.

By Susan DeSantis

1 minute read