By Marcia Coyle | April 11, 2021
In her dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the majority erred by comparing the restrictions on in-home religious gatherings to hardware stores and hair salons. The law, she said, "does not require that the state equally treat apples and watermelons."
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 11, 2021
Murder is already harshly punished. But keeping guns out of more hands might save lives.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 9, 2021
The coalition includes attorneys general from 20 jurisdictions including California, Colorado and Washington.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 9, 2021
"Decades after access to an abortion was etched in the Constitution, states continue to look for ways to turn back the clocks and unconstitutionally restrict women's reproductive rights," New York Attorney General Letitia James said.
By Katheryn Tucker | April 9, 2021
"Courts around our state have been working hard to resolve cases with the speed and efficiency we did before the pandemic," Chief Justice Harold Melton said. "Reinstating these deadlines will be another step toward getting us back to more robust court operations."
National Law Journal | Analysis
By Patrick Hammon | April 7, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court may have unintentionally blurred the lines between specific and general personal jurisdiction.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | April 7, 2021
Among the many ways the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines have distorted the federal criminal justice system is through heavy reliance on factual determinations typically made by judges at sentencing rather than by juries at trial. Two senators recently announced the introduction of the "Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021," which would bar courts from increasing a defendant's sentence based on acquitted conduct. Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert provide background and discuss the legislation in this edition of their White-Collar Crime column.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Scott E. Mollen | April 6, 2021
Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein, discusses "Bulldog Pack, LLC v. 868 Lorimer Project, dealing with the breach of an operating agreement, and "In Re: 650 Fifth Avenue Company and Related Properties," where the government's seizure of a building was found to have violated the claimants' due process rights.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | April 5, 2021
The Court of Appeals recently added to its rich and diverse history of decisions that have afforded greater protection to New York citizens in the area of search and seizure than that provided under federal constitutional standards. In this edition of his Criminal Law and Procedure column, Barry Kamins discusses the two recent decisions, 'People v. Gordon' and 'People v. Hinshaw'.
By Tom McParland | April 5, 2021
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas offered a 12-page concurring opinion, expressing concern over Twitter's ability to stifle speech on its platform. The decision remanded the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit, which found in 2019 that Trump had acted unlawfully in blocking some users from commenting on his posts.
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