New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael C. Miller and Morgan Lucas | January 8, 2020
This article updates the authors' original survey with a review of criminal convictions of New York lawyers from January 2015 through December 2019.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Paul Townsend | December 31, 2019
When it comes to the operation of a motor vehicle while impaired where the sole intoxicant is prescription medication, the waters quickly get murky.
By Jane Wester | December 27, 2019
Judge José Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit wrote in his majority opinion that the 17-year sentence from U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie of the Eastern District of New York was unreasonable.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Peter H. Lederman | December 20, 2019
OP ED: At the end of the day, uncertainty and uneven administration of justice seems to be the story for the Municipal Courts of New Jersey.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. | December 17, 2019
In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss the recent decision in 'People v. Li', in which the court upheld the manslaughter convictions of a physician who prescribed opioids to two individuals who subsequently died from overdoses. This case evidences the growing effect that the opioid crisis is having on our society, including with respect to criminal jurisprudence.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | December 16, 2019
The Superior Court rejected Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Anne Marie Coyle's portrayal of the incident as one in which she had no choice but to appoint a replacement prosecutor because the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office had "'removed itself'" from the case.
By Jonathan Ringel | December 13, 2019
Applications detail the candidates' litigation experience and other issues.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By John J. Ark, Daniel J. Doyle, William K. Taylor and Richard A. Dollinger | December 13, 2019
It seems that New York's "excited utterance" exception may be screaming out for further judicial review.
By Mike Scarcella | December 12, 2019
"All told, the sentencing judge's conduct below—injudicious though it was—did not amount to an extraordinary situation that constitutes a violation of due process," Fourth Circuit Judges James Wynn Jr., Albert Diaz and Henry Floyd said in their ruling.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ameer Benno | December 12, 2019
While Congress debates how to most effectively combat mass shootings such as this, it should start by enacting legislation to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in 'Rehaif v. United States'—a decision that received little attention when it was issued this summer, but which dramatically undermines criminal laws designed to combat gun violence.
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