By almstaff | January 5, 2015
Lesbian and gay couples were married in Miami on Monday by the same judge who said she saw no reason why they couldn't immediately get their licenses ahead of Florida's coming-out party as the nation's 36th state where same-sex marriages are legal statewide.
By Noreen Marcus | January 5, 2015
Third DCA Judge Edwin A. Scales III said the parents of a convicted killer wanted to pursue the malpractice suit as quickly as possible to fund their son's defense in the criminal case.
By Joel Stashenko | January 5, 2015
The Third Department has reversed a state Supreme Court justice's ruling that the restrictions the Cuomo administration imposed on outdoor smoking in state parks, historic sites and recreational areas was an impermissible usurpation of the state Legislature's policy-making powers.
By almstaff | January 5, 2015
Steve Schlariet and Ozzie Russ say they never sought the spotlight of social activism, the spotlight found them. The rural Florida Panhandle couple could become the first gay men granted a license to marry in the state when a judge's order takes effect.
By Saranac Hale Spencer | January 4, 2015
Psychological evaluations for a student who allegedly touched the genitals of another student in their special-needs class are privileged under a combination of state and federal laws, a federal judge has ruled.
By Joel Stashenko | January 2, 2015
A government agency's attempt to reduce the shelter allowance of a disabled woman has prompted the state Court of Appeals to take up what advocates for low-income New Yorkers say is an important access-to-justice issue for individuals before state government.
By Andrew Keshner | January 2, 2015
After taking back his plea that he had aided terrorists by emailing and sending money to an alleged Pakistani extremist, Agron Hasbajrami insists any evidence collected through previously undisclosed warrantless monitoring must be suppressed in a closely watched case.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel | January 2, 2015
In a highly critical opinion, Justice Melvin L. Schweitzer said the case was an example of the rising tide of litigation that comes with every public acquisition in which a settlement benefits the class counsel financially and helps the defense by ending the litigation but enables "an unwarranted divestiture of shareholder rights."
By Christine Simmons | January 2, 2015
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a doctor against three New York attorneys who wrote about another judge's scathing remarks against him, finding their statements were privileged or protected opinions.
By Ben Bedell | December 31, 2014
Adding a 10 percent contingency fee for appellate work on top of the allowable maximum of one-third of damages awarded in personal injury trials is permissible, a split First Department panel ruled Tuesday.
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