Susan DeSantis

July 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

“The New York Criminal Justice System is one of the best if not the best in the United States.  If it costs money, that money is well spent.”  – retired Fourth Dept. Justice Joseph Valentino

By Michael Friedman

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July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

We go as far as saying that in all but the most unusual situations, the failure to file a reply brief would constitute attorney dereliction.

By David B. Saxe and Y. David Scharf

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July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Why would OCA subject a hardworking and diligent jurist, with 6 months left on his time in office, to such heavy handed and disrespectful treatment?

By Paul T. Gentile

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July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Could a certificate of merit requirement imposed on landlords' attorneys in housing court help stem the tide of frivolous claims and the erosion of affordable housing across the country?

By Ray Brescia

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July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Our profession, in both the private bar and in our courts, has a #TimesUp problem that needs to be seriously addressed.

By Roberta Kaplan and Rachel Tuchman

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July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York Law Journal wants to be part of a discussion about stress in the legal profession. We all know that stress at work is a given but it…

By Susan DeSantis

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July 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The last time it confronted the issue, in 2012, the SEC effectively blocked the IPO of a U.S. company, Carlyle Group, whose governing documents required the arbitration of federal securities claims.

By Andrew Rhys Davies

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July 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court has approved a class action settlement about allegedly defective Remington rifles—one that attorneys general in 10 states, including…

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 25, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Put bluntly: If a practitioner's summary judgment motion was denied for the plaintiff's failure to show freedom from comparative fault (pre-Rodriguez), the time to reargue is now.

By Robert L. Fellows and Daniel Justus Solinsky

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July 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

"Well, the powerful are doing what they want, and the poor are suffering what they must," federal Judge Paul A. Crotty said after hearing Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Cordaro defend the government's actions.

By The Associated Press

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