New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Daniel M. Lehmann | October 7, 2024
An attorney who has worked thousands of cases before the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings applauds the court's recent announcement to submit rulings from its trial division to the New York Law Journal for publication. But he says going further and publishing rulings from the court's appeals and hearing divisions would more accurately reflect OATH and how its decisions impact the average New Yorker.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Mark Powers | October 6, 2024
In a time when witnesses are called for what they know or have observed, limited only by relevance and probative value, the voucher rule remains anachronism, an Appellate Division, Second Department justice writes.
By Norman A. Olch | October 4, 2024
A Law Journal columnist responds to a former Court of Appeals judge's recent column in which she questioned the use of the high court's procedure for substituting recused judges.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Eva C. Schneider and Jodi Stein | October 4, 2024
Will City Council put aside the power struggles and politics, and rise to the occasion to support this final piece of Eric Adams' land use agenda, or will COYHO be lost in the political tides?
By Steve Cohen and Miguel Sebada | October 2, 2024
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York, whose office is once again making national headlines, reflects on his background and shares advice for younger attorneys who are still finding their way in the profession.
By Joel Cohen | September 25, 2024
If Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. doesn't identify who leaked his memo to The New York Times, he risks a continued inability to candidly communicate with his colleagues in any meaningful way or a public that continues to lack confidence in its highest court, the Law Journal's Joel Cohen writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Asim Rehman | September 25, 2024
Given the broad scope and the impact of its decisions, the work of the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings has great relevance to the New York legal community, the court's Chief Administrative Law Judge writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary|Letter to the Editor
By Jerry H. Goldfeder | September 24, 2024
The new law gives the "win" to the voter, not the one partisan commissioner standing in the way. Putting the voter first is also progress.
By Bennett L. Gershman | September 23, 2024
In a recent editorial by the Wall Street Journal, a Big Law partner decries the toxic rhetoric aimed at the court as damaging public respect for the rule of law. But he ignores the much more toxic rhetoric against the justice system in general, Law Journal columnist Bennett L. Gershman writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Stuart Saft | September 20, 2024
In the last month I have received four letters containing references and quotes from court decisions and statutes that were strongly opposed to positions…
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