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New York Law Journal

Pay Frequency Litigation Under the New York Labor Law

Attorneys with Seyarth Shaw's labor and employment department examine case law related to paying manual workers in a timely manner—a matter that has yet to be addressed by the New York Court of Appeals.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dirty Sidewalks, Clean Consciences: Proposed Bill in New York City Council Is a Win for Everyone—Except Negligent Property Owners

A member of the New York City Council has proposed a bill that would extend the hours during which the city can issue fines to commercial properties for their failure to keep their sidewalks clean.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account

People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account By Mark Pomerantz Simon & Schuster, 2023, 294 pages Why did Mark Pomerantz write a book about…
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyering for a Better Tomorrow: The New York City Law Department Tackles Climate Change

The fight against further climate change is the fight of our lifetime, and the dedicated professionals of the Law Department endeavor every day to help the city meet this critical challenge, New York City's Corporation Counsel writes.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

For New York to Protect Transgender Youth, Lawmakers Must Revise Existing Child Custody Provisions

New York provides some of the most comprehensive protections for transgender individuals in the nation, which it looks to continue expanding. It is, therefore, unexpectedly disturbing to witness the reluctance of the state Legislature to provide effective protection for transgender youth threatened and harmed by the tsunami of anti-transgender legislation being enacted in many states.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Understanding That Assigned Counsel and AFC Rate Increases Are Not a 'Done Deal' Requires Close Contact With Leadership

Respectfully, Dawne Mitchell and Theresa Moser's "unartfully" worded letter to the governor as well as their most recent letter to the editor both demonstrate a lack of understanding of the present political and legal dynamics as they relate to the current battle to compel the state of New York to meet its sacred constitutional obligation to indigent adults, families and children.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump: A Victim of Pretrial Publicity?

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has chosen to venture significantly beyond using the bare-bones indictment. Accordingly, while did he file a spartan Trump indictment, contemporaneously he filed a 13-page "Statement of Facts" that was made available to the public.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Not a Done Deal': City Bar Committee Responds to Law Journal Letter to the Editor on Funding for Assigned Counsel

Leaders of the New York City Bar Association's Council on Children clarify statements regarding potential increases in state funding to provide pay raises for 18-B attorneys and Attorney for the Child offices.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

An Effective Court of Appeals Must Be Able to Stand Against 'New York Values'

Putting New York's court system on the chopping block in its war with the governor to wrest power for the "progressive" wing of the Democratic Party is destructive and dangerous, a former chief judge of the Court of Appeals writes.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Long-Running Compensation Crisis for New York's Assigned Counsel Is Getting Worse

A lawyer who leads a statewide group representing assigned counsel, or 18-B attorneys, takes issue with a statement contained in a Law Journal story on the state funding long-overdue pay raises for lawyers who provide representation to some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
3 minute read

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