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The Legal Intelligencer

Letter to the Editor: Maintaining IOLTA Accounts Must Be a Priority

Daniel J. Siegel writes that "it is essential that lawyers comply with the rules and balance their IOLTA accounts monthly."
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In My Own Defense: van der Veen's Response to Schwartz Article

Ted Schwartz's commentary of me and my representation of former President Donald J. Trump in his impeachment trial is abject libel and born of ignorance and bias, writes Michael T. van der Veen.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

No Need To Wait To Tap Private Judges Under CPLR

There is no reason for practitioners and their clients to wait for the legislature to act. The mechanism of hiring a private judge is already fully available.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Follow-up on 'Riddle of State Actor Status'

The Supreme Court's long-standing precedent has never classified private foster care agencies as state actors. In fact, the most analogous Supreme Court holding in 'Rendell-Baker v. Kohn', reached the opposite result.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Letter to the Editor: Schwartz Article on Van Der Veen an 'Inexcusable Slander'

George Bochetto writes that Theodore A. Schwartz's "Philadelphia Trial Lawyer weighs in on Van der Veen's Defense of Trump" piece in The Legal "is an inexcusable slander of the work of a fine professional who was fulfilling his responsibilities as a trial lawyer, and did it well."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Protect Society's Most Vulnerable Members

Article on private foster care agencies does a grave disservice to children by arguing that private agencies who carry out the state's responsibility for caring for children in foster care should not be treated as state actors for purposes of 42 U.S.C. §1983 liability.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Letter to the Editor: The Triggers of a 'Nappy-Haired' Black Lawyer

On the morning of March 5, in the midst of working, I was sent an article published by the Connecticut Law Tribune titled, "I am Afraid for My Grandson."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Criminal Defense Lawyers Offer Tribute to Bobby Lee Cook

One GACDL member recalled first seeing Bobby Lee Cook cross-examine a party: "It was shocking, brutal, merciless. I did not think the witness would survive the onslaught. I had never imagined this could actually happen in a real courtroom that was not simply a television stage."
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Housing Court Judges Should Be Vaccine Eligible, Too

The judges of the Housing Court of the City of New York have every day since mid-June 2020 presided over proceedings in which litigants appear in person.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

GABWA Weighs in on Melton's Successor: Letter

"Notably, since Justice Sears' retirement from the Court in 2009, a black woman has not ascended to the state's highest court."
2 minute read

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