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New York Law Journal

NY Policymakers Don't Hold the NYPD Accountable

Specifically, 1,037 officers were involved in two lawsuits; 339 were involved in three lawsuits; 106 were involved in five lawsuits and 37 officers had eight or more lawsuits to their name.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-NY Supreme Court Justice Reveals He Was Sexually Abused 60 Years Ago at Rockefeller University

I remembered being placed against a wall naked with my hands extended out towards him. And then I remember the picture-taking. Pictures of my naked 13-year-old body, followed by measurements of my penis. Then it all went blank.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Leaving Them Speechless: A Mere Government Agency Cannot Silence Americans for Life

Within moments, lives are forever altered, reputations destroyed, businesses put on the road to ruin with many livelihoods at risk.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

What Happens to Whistleblowers When the Government Doesn't Intervene?

As the court stressed, "[i]f the government intervenes, the civil action remains the same--it simply has one additional party."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Yellowstone' Will Live on Through Creative Practitioners

While the commentators have bemoaned the court's decision (especially those representing tenants), the issue before us practitioners is what do we do when negotiating a lease and more specifically, the waiver of declaratory relief?
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Defense of The Central Park 5 Prosecution

With the release of Netflix's miniseries "When They See Us," there is renewed interest in the criminal prosecution in the assault of the Central Park jogger. So, we're sharing this letter to the editor from prosecutor Linda Fairstein that we posted in July of 2018.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Weaknesses in Central Park Jogger Case Were Clear All Along

Nor should it be forgotten that numerous other victims in the community were left vulnerable because of the prosecutors' close-minded, slipshod rush to judgment against the wrong defendants.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Openly Gay President of Major NY Bar Association Talks About Diversity

In the not-too-distant past, I would have been marginalized for being a gay man but now I am the first openly gay president of a major bar association in New York.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Good Lawyering Means Telling Your Clients About Litigation Finance

The New York City Bar should recognize that competent legal representation may sometimes require counsel to inform litigants about the availability of litigation funding.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Contemplating the Larger Than Life Impact Judith Kaye Had on NY Courts

The memoir portion of the book is both engrossing and guarded. It was written in Kaye's final years after she became afflicted with the lung cancer that eventually took her life. Looking back from the high hill of her mid-seventies, she realized that the time to write about your life is when the end is near, beginning the story when you know the end.
10 minute read

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