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January 30, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Ephemeral Messaging Going Into 2025:The Messages May Vanish But Not The Preservation Obligations

The author writes "Ephemeral messages are communications that automatically disappear after they are reviewed by the recipient. Although one might not be so familiar with this term, many people will be familiar with examples on social media and messaging platforms like Snapchat, Signal, Telegram, and WhatsApp. Unlike text messages, which remain readable after sent, ephemeral messages vanish after a set time."
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January 30, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Trial Court's Sidestep of 'Batson' Deprived Defendant of Challenge to Jury Discrimination

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decision editors.
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January 30, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Child Custody: The Dangers of 'Rules of Thumb'

“Despite the multitude of factors and considerations that comprise the best interests doctrine, the current (and, potentially, dangerous) matrimonial zeitgeist is to sometimes favor a ‘rule of thumb’ approach rather than a true best interests analysis.” 
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January 30, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Orrick Hires Longtime Weil Partner as New Head of Antitrust Litigation

Eric Hochstadt also joins Orrick as a member of its management committee.
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January 30, 2025 | New York Law Journal

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January 30, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 24-111

An administrative judge has satisfied his/her ethical obligations by contacting a judge whose name improperly appeared on the invitation to a political fund-raiser, and advising the judge to (a) seek guidance from the Judicial Campaign Ethics Center and (b) object to use of his/her name on the fund-raising invitation and refrain from attending the event.
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January 29, 2025 | New York Law Journal

'A Long 6 Years': No $150M for Goldman Sachs Investors

Manhattan Civil Court’s Justice Joel Cohen tossed the case, finding that the investors were “unreasonabl[y]” attempting to use notice agreements to make Energy Transfer liable for delays beyond July 1, 2018.
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January 29, 2025 | The Recorder

Judge in AGs' Suit Set to Block 'Chaotic' Trump Funding Freeze

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the Trump administration appeared to still be pursuing the "pause" on federal grants even though the Office of Management and Budget rescinded a memo authorizing the freeze.
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January 29, 2025 | New York Law Journal

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

For many reasons, family court cannot resolve most child protective and custody cases with any semblance of timeliness and hence justice, the author writes.
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January 29, 2025 | New York Law Journal

'It's a Matter of Life and Death:' Ailing Harvey Weinstein Urges Judge to Move Up Retrial

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber said scheduling prevented him from holding the trial at and earlier date.
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