New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Hector D. LaSalle | September 28, 2023
On Nov. 14, the Second Department will host a symposium meant to encourage meaningful and thought-provoking dialogue on artificial intelligence.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Paul Shechtman | September 25, 2023
Veteran criminal defense attorney Paul Shechtman presents four hypothetical cases for application of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling affirming a holding by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the admission of a nontestifying codefendant's confession did not infringe upon the defendant's rights under the Sixth Amendment.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Judges Sanket J. Bulsara, Gary R. Brown, Nina Gershon, Peggy Kuo, and Kiyo A. Matsumoto | September 25, 2023
As part of an effort to increase consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District has launched a pilot program for the direct assignment of civil cases to magistrate judges. The program goes into effect today, September 25.
By Jeffrey M. Winn | September 20, 2023
In the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. was a radical who was feared, hated, and considered dangerous. But in the years since King's 1968 assassination, he has become saintly and mythological. Pondering this dichotomy, a biographer set out to write a book about King, the man, focusing on his humanity, hopes, flaws, and anxieties.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Steven Goldman | September 19, 2023
The Second Amendment comes closest to defining the myth of what it means to be an American—fierce self-reliance combined with deep skepticism of government authority—in a way that no other provision of the constitution does. Behind this myth, however, is a less savory reality.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Bennett L. Gershman | September 18, 2023
Driven by the investigations and indictments of Donald Trump and his demagogic attacks against the judicial system as well as outrage against so-called "progressive prosecutors," a Law Journal columnist writes, GOP lawmakers have declared war on prosecutors to intimidate them and prevent them from exercising their professional duties.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Daniel M. Lehmann | September 15, 2023
In their article, "'Get Sheds Down': Reforming NYC's Shed Construction," Kenneth M. Block and Melissa T. Billig discuss New York City Department…
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Troy Rosasco | September 11, 2023
Under the new law, compensation may be available to those who worked or volunteered in construction, clean-up, and debris removal; as well as people who lived, worked, or went to school in the exposure zone in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph A. Zayas | September 11, 2023
New York's chief administrative judge recounts his clerkship for Rolando Acosta, who retired from the bench earlier this year.
By Steve Cohen | September 10, 2023
The Manhattan district attorney reflects on his journey to become one of the highest-profile local prosecutors in the United States and the advice that influential figures in his life gave him along the way.
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