Susan DeSantis

January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A federal prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted more than $300,000 in bribes, but defense attorneys belittled the claim, saying the bulk of the money was his wife's salary at a legitimate job.

By The Associated Press

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January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the nation's largest opioid manufacturers and distributors should be held accountable for the drug-abuse crisis.

By The Associated Press

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January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

"It is a whole new assignment and it's an exciting assignment for me to help shape the law and that's what you do at the appellate level," Bernice Siegal, new associate justice of the appellate term, said.

By Susan DeSantis

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January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

As a “right size firm”—big enough to handle large, complex transactions, but small enough to be conscious of doing it efficiently and cost-effectively—Olshan lawyers really know their clients and their needs, something that large firm “client service teams” have been trying to figure out for years.

By Susan DeSantis

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January 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York State Bar Association gave out its Diversity Trailblazer awards Monday night.

By Susan DeSantis

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January 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The New York State Bar Association is holding its annual meeting in New York City next week.

By Susan DeSantis

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January 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Participating firms include Alston & Bird, Cadwalader, Carter Ledyard & Milburn, Dentons US, Goldman Sachs, Jones Day, Kramer Levin, McLaughlin & Stern, Morgan Stanley, O'Melveny, Paul Weiss, Ropes & Gray, Sidley Austin, Skadden, Weil Gotshal, Wells Fargo and White & Case.

By Susan DeSantis

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January 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

University at Buffalo School of Law student Jonathan Reyes-Colon is already in Puerto Rico helping prepare for the arrival of his classmates who will be providing legal services under the auspices of a practicing attorney. Here are his reflections on the legal clinic and his experience since Hurricane Maria.

By Susan DeSantis

3 minute read

January 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Most of them haven't checked into their flights to Puerto Rico yet but the students from the University at Buffalo School of Law who are providing legal services to the island's residents say their legal paths have already been changed forever as a result.

By Susan DeSantis

5 minute read

January 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The NYU School of Law will host U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of the Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging speaker series, cosponsored by the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network, Law Women and the Women of Color Collective.

By Susan DeSantis

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