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New York Law Journal

Good Intentions, but at a Price

The intentions of the Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act are clearly noble, but it is hard to read the text of the current bill without seeing it as a high-minded legislative scold.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

A Sitting Justice Speaks to Troubled Times: An Interview With Hon. Rolando T. Acosta

Judges infrequently speak publicly to troubling societal issues du jour. Consistent with his ethical obligation of restraint, lest he inadvertently prejudge issues that may conceivably come before him, Justice Acosta has agreed to weigh in on some matters with which society, particularly in New York, is currently grappling involving the administration of criminal justice.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Are There Legal Options for an Adolescent Who Says, 'My GAL Doesn't Speak for Me'?

Clarity from the legislature and the courts is desperately needed.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

What Legal Marketers Can Learn From Olympic Athletes

What can marketers learn from these athletes? Plenty! Here are five tips to start.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

How GCs Can #BreaktheBias To Achieve Gender Equality in Big Law

GCs and in-house legal departments, as the purchasers of legal services, are ideally placed to help #BreakTheBias and increase diversity in Big Law. There are a number of ways they can do this.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Vladimir Putin, War Criminal

As the mounting evidence makes clear, Putin is—and for a long time now has been—a war criminal.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Snake Attack Phenomenon: The Courts Must Stop Overlooking and Facilitating the Continued Poisoning of Our Jury System

This boundary-pushing has an erosive and corrosive effect.
27 minute read

New York Law Journal

Charles Wilson Peale: America's Polymath Patriotic Painter

Peale was a lifetime learner. Everything new captured his attention and imagination. His mind was an index of everything.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Rakoff's 'Palin' Decision

Yes, Rakoff's procedural device might seem harsh on its face to the layperson or uninitiated, as if he was saying "the heck with what the jury thinks, I know better." Any litigating lawyer, however, would understand the rightness of a judge taking the decision away from the jury when the evidence presented at trial is simply legally insufficient.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Why the SEC's Proposed New Direction on Beneficial Ownership Reporting Is a Win for Boards and Investors

The direction of the SEC's proposal has the potential to be a win-win for constructive relations between investors and publicly-held companies.
3 minute read

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