By Brian Lee | March 22, 2023
Harris Beach lawyers Victoria Graffeo, a former New York Court of Appeals judge, and Brian Ginsberg, a former assistant state solicitor, described the matter as a potential court-administration crisis.
By Jim Saunders | March 22, 2023
Dubbed the "Combating Public Disorder" law, the measure includes a series of steps aimed at cracking down on people who participate in riots or a "violent public disturbance."
By Anthony S. Guardino | March 21, 2023
New York trial and appellate courts continue to decide challenges to new construction projects on standing grounds, with neighboring homeowners frequently discovering that proximity alone is insufficient to allow them access to the courts.
By Brian Lee | March 20, 2023
The proposal drew instant and strong pushback, with a court spokesman saying "many aspects of these measures are an affront to the constitutional separation of powers."
By Brian Lee | March 17, 2023
The measure would boost the capacity of legal service providers to an estimated 65,000 people who lack access to representation in immigration court, advocates said.
By Alex Anteau | March 16, 2023
As a consequence of this ruling, citizens who seek a binding, statewide declaratory judgment while also seeking emergency injunctive relief against a specific official will have to file two separate lawsuits even though they share the same questions of fact and law," said plaintiff-appellee attorney Tom Church.
By David A. Carrillo and David A. Kaiser | March 16, 2023
"Supporters of increased affordable housing think a recently proposed initiative constitutional amendment will generate increased state power to impose building mandates on local governments. That's unlikely to happen, because a new constitutional right to adequate housing has dim prospects in the courts," says David Carrillo and David Kaiser of the California Constitution Center.
By Jason Grant | March 16, 2023
"Under the lower court's decision, so long as the targeted entity has committed any technical infraction whatsoever, it would have no redress for the blatant violation of its First Amendment rights," the brief from Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors partner William Brewer III, who represents the NRA, contends.
By Dara Kam | March 15, 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit a decision that held the First Amendment limits public officials' ability to sue for defamation.
By Allison Dunn | March 14, 2023
"[T]he policy's requirement that the speech directed at government officials 'be respectful and courteous, [and] free of rude ... remarks' appears to cross the line into viewpoint discrimination: allowing lavish praise but disallowing harsh criticism of government officials," the court wrote.
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