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Daily Business Review

Letter to the Editor: the Death of Advocacy

Contempt is usually a toxic stain on a lawyer's reputation, but in this case, it is more the red badge of courage.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJSBA President Clarifies Association's Position on 'Wilson' Rule

"Good people who make a mistake should not lose their livelihood and should have a chance to earn a path back to the profession," writes NJSBA president, Jeralyn L. Lawrence, in this Letter to the Editor.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recent Appellate Decisions Show Court Cohesiveness

The Court's decisions rendered during Judge Cannataro's watch show a newfound cohesiveness among the judges that was lacking and is a much to be desired quality in a body tasked with pronouncing the law of the state of New York.
1 minute read

Daily Business Review

Letter to the Editor: Florida's Judicial Benches Dominated by Former Prosecutors

A current "prosecutor" is 36 times more likely to get appointed to the bench than an "assistant public defender" in the Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Defense Has an Opportunity To Be Heard

"Cohen misses the mark when he declares that both federal and New York state grand juries deprive the defense of the opportunity 'to tell or present its side of the story.'"
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NYC Mayor Eric Adams' Rat Plan is a New Tax on Trash

The plan would increase costs for residents and small businesses while doing very little to deal with the rats. And it will further perpetuate the city's "not-our-responsibility" approach to the quality and maintenance of sidewalk spaces that are essential to the quality of life of every New Yorker.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York's Court System Seeks Input on Pandemic Practices

With the end of World War II in sight, Winston Churchill famously quipped, "Never let a good crisis go to waste"—his enticing way of reminding…
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Talking About Suicide Can Save People's Lives

So we began simply with op-ed pieces like Naveen Ramachandrappa's, getting the word out that there was help through the State Bar's Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP). And we saved lives. Within a week of starting the program, we had at least two Georgia lawyers who let us know that they had been contemplating suicide but simply by reading about our efforts, decided to get help.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Legal Community Mourns Loss of Judge Tom Dillon

A member of the Georgia Bar since 1962, Judge Dillon began his legal career in private practice and was elected to three consecutive terms in the Georgia House of Representatives before his appointment as judge of the Fulton County Juvenile Court, later serving as presiding judge of the Atlanta Circuit Juvenile Court.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Commentary on Matrimonial Issue Was 'Unjustly' Critical of the Bar, Lawyers Say

Mr. Feigenbaum cannot claim ignorance of the work that has been and continues to be done in response to 'Dobbs'.
4 minute read

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