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New York Law Journal

'We Learn Much From the Court's Mistakes': Law Journal Review of 'The Worst Supreme Court Decisions, Ever!'

The decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court that have shaped the country's history are well known to many—Brown, Marbury, Roe, et al. A Cohen & Gresser partner provides a showcase of what he deems to be some of the court's most horrible mistakes.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Midnight in Moscow': A Memoir From the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the West

Jeffrey Winn reviews the memoir of a former U.S. ambassador to Russia who provides a close assessment of Vladimir Putin's past and motivations.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

AI Disclosure and Governance in the Spotlight

The 2024 proxy season demonstrated that AI-related disclosures and governance structures currently are a subject of intense shareholder interest. It is likely that both disclosure- and governance-oriented shareholder proposals regarding AI will gain traction in future proxy seasons.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

'There Are Heroes in Every Story': Review of 'The Eight: The Lemmon Slave Case and the Fight for Freedom'

Denny Chin, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, co-authored the review with his wife and retired Crowell & Moring partner Kathy Hirata Chin
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Unbenched: Why Former Judges Should Out Faults in Criminal Law

Stephen Breyer's book may have been panned by critics—a New York Times reviewer, for instance, called it "exasperating." But Law Journal columnist Joel Cohen writes that retired judges are uniquely positioned to address pressing issues in criminal justice.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

SBF's Fascinating, Rueful Tale: Michael Lewis' 'Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon'

While author Michael Lewis also catalogues Sam Bankman-Fried's wildly out-of-bounds amoral conduct and anti-social attitude, it is the trial, not the book, that strips the emperor down to his skivvies.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Patent Office Issues New Guidance on the Law of Obviousness

The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published new guidance explaining the requirements for patent examiners to reject patent claims for obviousness in view of what was already known in the prior art.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Privatizing the Public Sphere

Despite the prevalence of private crime fighting outfits, they largely escape the scrutiny of academics and analysts who think about criminal justice. The organizations, disparate though they are, raise a host of overlapping questions, many of them involving the absence of protections for the accused.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Soldier, Spymaster, Statesman, Chief Judge: The Life, Times and Cases of John Jay

The First Chief Justice: John Jay And the Struggle of a New Nation  By Mark Dillon SUNY Press There are many of us who enjoy historical works…
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Complicated Jurisprudence of FDR's 'War Court'

Prior to the United States' entrance into World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court -- mostly nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, had issued several important decisions that enforced the civil rights of a variety of Americans against government discrimination. But after America became a combatant, the court would issue morally corrosive rulings that ultimately deprived 120,000 people of the equal protection of the laws.
10 minute read

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