By Julie Kay | January 28, 2015
Salmon & Dulberg has picked up two retired judges--Marc Schumacher and Leon Firtel--to add to its stable of mediators.
By Joel Stashenko | January 28, 2015
Misdemeanor charges should stand while offenders are on probation, even if the defendants are deemed to be mentally unfit to defend themselves in post-conviction probation proceedings, a Queens judge found.
By Ben Bedell | January 28, 2015
Despite a limiting instruction, a police sergeant should not have been allowed to testify as to the statements made by three people who had purchased drugs from a defendant just before police "stormed the block," the First Department found, although the defendant's guilt was "overwhelmingly proved" by other evidence.
By Saranac Hale Spencer | January 27, 2015
Five board members who oversaw the downfall of a century-old care home for elderly African-Americans in Pittsburgh had the punitive damages that a jury imposed on them lifted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 27, 2015
According to a new study, Philadelphia's appointed defense counsel system has key deficiencies affecting the quality of representation that can't be fixed without state intervention.
By Max Mitchell | January 27, 2015
Shifting a law firm's practice focus might be a necessity in today's legal market, but for small and midsize firms, it could be one of the most difficult processes a firm faces.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 27, 2015
A woman claiming a doctor's prescription of steroids caused her to vomit blood cannot use her medical records as expert reports, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Noreen Marcus | January 27, 2015
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol signed a settlement that ends litigation brought by the trustee against Jeffrey Soffer and his family's Turnberry companies.
By Ben Bedell | January 27, 2015
Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan held the New York City Housing Authority's attempt to evict a mentally ill senior citizen was "disproportionate to the offense of failing to appear at the scheduled hearing and, in light of all the circumstances, shocking to one's sense of fairness."
By Mark Hamblett | January 27, 2015
A federal judge cannot delegate to probation officers a decision on whether a convict on supervised release should get drug treatment in an outpatient or inpatient program, the Second Circuit ruled Monday.
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