By Andrew Denney | June 11, 2018
Finding that qualified immunity has evolved to the point where it can protect police officers who intentionally flout constitutional rights, a federal judge in Brooklyn declined to grant it to four police officers who broke into a man's house without a warrant while responding to a child abuse report that turned out to be false.
By Angela Morris | June 11, 2018
The civil rights lawyer is know nationally for representing families of unarmed black people killed by police, like Michael Brown and Stephon Clark. In his newest role, he's the host of “Evidence of Innocence."
By Colby Hamilton | June 8, 2018
The report was the first by former federal Judge Stephen Robinson, who was installed as civilian oversight following the settlement of two surveillance cases by the NYPD last year.
By Ellis Kim | June 7, 2018
The president's 15th round of judicial nominations also included a slate of Big Law lawyers.
By Ellis Kim | June 7, 2018
The lawmakers claim President Donald Trump, who as president has not divested from his business empire, has denied members of Congress their individual rights to vote on each emolument.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan | June 7, 2018
In their monthly Eastern District Roundup, Harvey M. Stone and Richard H. Dolan report on several significant, representative decisions handed down recently in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Michael S. Vogel | June 7, 2018
Not only would a self-pardon make a mockery of the power's roots in the virtue of mercy, but it would even more fundamentally conflict with the essence of the presidency itself.
By Colby Hamilton | June 6, 2018
The appellate panel found the New York Court of Appeals' response to certified questions showed the Lower Manhattan authority had no ability to sue on state constitutional grounds.
By R. Robin McDonald | June 6, 2018
The panel verbally brawled in concurring opinions over the credibility of state witnesses.
By Tony Mauro | June 5, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who prides himself on his First Amendment views, made short shrift of the cake-as-art argument: “The free speech aspect of this case is difficult, for few persons who have seen a beautiful wedding cake might have thought of its creation as an exercise of protected speech.”
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