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New York Law Journal

We Lost One of New York's Legal Giants

He is, one might say, perhaps the last of a generation of luminaries—along with Richard Denzer, Richard Bartlett and others who were instrumental in producing the Penal Law of 1967—a work so good as to have endured for decades.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY State's New Revenge Porn Law Will Likely Be Effective

Technology is almost always a step or two ahead of the law, and that gives the criminal element a bit of a head start. Until the law catches up, those who would misuse technology often get a free pass.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Article on Split Personal Injury Trials Has Plaintiff's Bar Slant

The tone of the article lends support to the plaintiffs' bar to argue in favor of unified trials when, ironically, the rule actually encourages judges to consider bifurcating trials, not unifying them.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Lawyer Institute Brings Millennial Members Into the Fold

The Law Journal's series paints a somewhat gloomy picture of the future of membership. But the New York City Bar Association is not on its heels
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Bar Associations Have Failed To Lobby Strenuously for Solos and Small Firms

I expected these associations to seriously lobby for needed reforms in the judicial system, but they have rarely done so except for when the fortunes of the "white-shoe law firms" are at stake.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Role of SCOTUS in Making the Metropolitan Correctional Center Prone to Suicide, Mayhem

Lost in all the attention that has been focused on the Jeffrey Epstein case and the Metropolitan Correctional Center is the critical role the United States Supreme Court played in permitting the MCC to be a site where suicide and other mayhem is more likely to occur.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Firms Should Credit Associates for Meaningful Non-Billable Work

The Aug. 27 article "Burnout!: Midlevel Associates Say They Are Torn in So Many Directions" discusses several positive approaches to addressing associate…
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Attorneys for Landlords Give Rent Decision More Weight Than It Deserves

In regard to As Rent Reforms Get Courtroom Shakeout, Judge Shuts Door on Overcharge Defense by Jason Grant, the headline creates the mistaken impression…
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mr. Barr, Discretion Is a Prosecutor's Job

This complaint reflects willful blindness to the historical role of prosecutors as local ministers of justice, the sound legal basis for such uses of discretion, and the incontrovertible fact that lawful prosecutorial discretion has been used throughout American history by prosecutors along the entire political spectrum.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Central Park 5 Case: What Happens When Gut Feeling Replaces Professional Responsibility

That the most senior of those prosecutors should remain glued to her spontaneous belief, formed during the initial hours of all-night interrogation, reflects a continuing inability to step back and recalibrate.
4 minute read

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