By David Saxe | November 8, 2024
Retired Judge David Saxe recalls his first day on the bench. This essay will appear in his forthcoming book, "My Life as a Judge."
New York Law Journal | Commentary|Expert Opinion
By David Lenefsky | June 7, 2024
Given the current deep divide in America on everything—politics, economics, race and human rights—and everywhere—urban/rural, coastal/heartland, and the widespread lack of tolerance for diversity and treatment of opponents as enemies, is it fair to ask whether Americans can live together peacefully and treat the public interest as taking precedence over private privilege and personal political expediency?
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By David B. Saxe | April 24, 2024
Judge David Saxe reflects on a chance meeting he had with the late Judge Judith Kaye.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Bennett L. Gershman | February 23, 2024
Former President Donald Trump will soon be tried in Manhattan for using campaign funds to pay for a woman's silence over an extramarital affair. It might turn out to be "the most followed criminal trial in American history," Law Journal columnist Bennett Gershman writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By William Josephson | October 3, 2023
William Josephson opines on the recent amendment to Election Law Section 12-106, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on Sept. 20. The amendment adds a paragraph that requires each
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 | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | May 8, 2023
A court of last resort is more like an elegant boutique than an all-purposes/all-products department store.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Henry M. Greenberg | April 25, 2023
The current court is a triumph of the merit selection process that New Yorkers voted for in 1977. The process has produced seven judges with diverse backgrounds, vast experience, and exceptional credentials.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Erik Kristensen | April 18, 2023
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.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt | April 13, 2023
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.
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