Susan DeSantis

May 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The Second Department describes Louis Scarcella as “a police detective whose investigatory record is so troubling that the District Attorney has resolved to review every single one of his cases.”

By Lisa Cahill

9 minute read

May 30, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The plot conflict is summed up by one quote: "Law school may teach you the law, but it doesn't teach you how to be a lawyer."

By Kenneth H. Ryesky

6 minute read

May 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Our Town and Village justices, both attorney and non-attorney, represent the “courts closest to the people,” the courts in which the majority of the public may encounter their first interactions with our judicial system.

By David S. Gideon

4 minute read

May 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The doctrine that faithless servants paid on a “task-by-task” basis need only to forfeit their salary relating to disloyal activities initially developed in federal courts interpreting New York law.

By David B. Saxe and Danielle C. Lesser

15 minute read

May 29, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York Law Journal asked Matt Funk, president of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and is a senior partner at Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano, to share his opinions on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on employment contracts and new laws on sexual harassment and scaffold protection.

By Susan DeSantis

6 minute read

May 24, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Law enforcement officials say Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday morning to face criminal charges in a months-long investigation…

By The Associated Press

1 minute read

May 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

“No one is above the law,” Mariann Wang, lawyer for the former Apprentice contestant, said in a statement.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

May 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The special prosecutor investigating former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has started conducting interviews with the women whose…

By The Associated Press

4 minute read

May 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Parties who wish to avoid unintended consequences – either paying for intra-party indemnification when it was not intended or being denied indemnification when intra-party indemnification was intended – should be explicit as to their intentions in their contract.

By Melissa Yang and Devin W. Ness

15 minute read

May 22, 2018 | New York Law Journal

"One of the reasons I moved to New York is precisely because of the remarkable diversity offered in this wonderful city," he said. "I love this country and this city, in part because of immigrants and the diversity of cultures immigrants bring to this country."

By Susan DeSantis

2 minute read