New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas Kissane and John Moore | June 13, 2024
This column reports on several significant representative decisions from the Eastern District of New York. Judge Frederic Block denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action based on claims of false or misleading food labeling. Judge Joan M. Azrack denied a motion for a reduction in sentence. Judge Eric R. Komitee denied defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment against him.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | June 11, 2024
"In sum, we think it eminently fair to hold a municipality responsible for harm caused by a failure of due process when it passes a confiscatory ordinance that fails to provide for the process due," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in affirming a district court's summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | June 11, 2024
These alerts, while prioritizing safety, evoke painful memories of past attacks and heighten anxieties about the ongoing threats faced by LGBTQ+ individuals.
By Gail J. Cohen | June 10, 2024
Canada's former chief justice, Beverley McLachlin, said she will retire at the end of her term in July. Her announcement comes days after two British judges quit over concerns about the political situation in Hong Kong.
By ALM Staff | June 7, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Emily Cousins | June 5, 2024
"The statement made by the plaintiff regarding the defendant's DEI efforts were falsely branded as 'dogpiling,' and 'racist' by managers in the employ of the defendant, including the plaintiff's supervisor, Dean Wicke," the complaint alleged.
By Mason Lawlor | June 5, 2024
"Fearless simply—and flatly— refuses to entertain applications from business owners who aren't "black females," Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom said. "If that refusal were deemed sufficiently 'expressive' to warrant protection under the Free Speech Clause, then so would be every act of race discrimination, no matter at whom it was directed."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Christopher Dunn | June 5, 2024
For civil rights lawyers, attorneys' fees paid by the government play a critical role in funding work on behalf of indigent clients and in deterring unlawful conduct by government actors. In April, however, the Supreme Court accepted for review a case that threatens to upend settled law across the federal circuits.
By Colleen Murphy | June 4, 2024
"We no longer live in a time where 'I meant well' or 'I didn't think' are accepted excuses for denying equal opportunity to anyone," New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said. "This rule will help make New Jersey a more equitable and welcoming state for all of our residents."
By Emily Saul | June 4, 2024
The decision from the Appellate Division, First Department gutted a March 2023 order in which Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank ruled the NYPD must overhaul its software so sealed records were no longer available to officers and predictive policing technology.
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