New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Cary London | August 3, 2023
We need better protection for New York City's construction workers, a Law Journal contributor writes. The most recent collapse serves as a grim reminder of the pressing need for enhanced protections. The industry has witnessed an upward trend in accidents and fatalities, leaving families shattered and communities traumatized.
New York Law Journal | Analysis|Commentary
By Thomas M. Pitegoff | August 2, 2023
Rarely if ever have most of us had to think about laws that combat money laundering, terrorism financing, human and drug trafficking, sanctions evasion and other financial crimes. But that is about to change for lawyers representing businesses in the U.S. or their owners.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. | July 28, 2023
Silicon Valley founders are known for selling a vision to investors and prospective customers, and then laboring to turn it into a reality. Black entrepreneurs are rarely afforded the same benefit of the doubt. Instead, their efforts are deemed unethical and even criminal.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn | July 28, 2023
Financial consequences are often the best way to hold entities accountable for bad behavior—but we cannot facilitate change without Gov. Kathy Hochul signing the Grieving Families Act that was passed twice—overwhelmingly, on a bipartisan basis—by the state legislature.
By Elisa Reiter, Daniel Pollack and Jeffrey Siegel | July 26, 2023
The corruption of a child's normal role in the family unit can increase the child's risk of dysfunction—socially and emotionally—when the child attains adulthood. When a parent begins to rely on the child for emotional support, especially in times of conflict within the family, and the parent comes to depend on the child for emotional support and protection, then the situation has become problematic and may be characterized as parentification.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Bennett L. Gershman | July 24, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is an insatiable "Originalist" always eager to expound his historical version of constitutional adjudication, felt the need to invoke history to support his position on a criminal matter before the court. While Justice Amy Comey Barrett voted with her senior colleague, she "ridiculed Thomas for his misuse of history," a Law Journal columnist writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Oded Oren, Chad M. Topaz and Courtney Machi Oliva | July 24, 2023
The authors of a controversial report naming a group of New York City judges who they claim are more likely than their peers to put criminal defendants in pretrial detention respond to criticism of their work published in the New York Law Journal.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | July 21, 2023
Donald Trump is unambiguously hoping for a victory by himself or a fellow Republican unwilling to offend Trump's base even if elected, in order to accomplish a pardon for himself or have the incoming Justice Department dismiss the case altogether, a former prosecutor and Law Journal columnist writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix | July 21, 2023
Whether it is counseling agency partners on plans for important infrastructure or affordable housing developments, conducting the legal transactions necessary to close major economic development deals, or defending against challenges to key climate resiliency initiatives, the hard work of generations of Law Department staff is evident.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Roger Bennet Adler | July 19, 2023
Both the FSC and Congress have the power to reform the use of acquitted conduct, and restore the primacy of a jury verdict.
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