New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Roger Bennet Adler | February 13, 2018
Dick Farrell, who died this month at age 80, was Brooklyn to his core. He had no trappings of a Manhattan "Limousine Liberal." What you saw was what you got, no pretense or phoniness.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Lucas A. Ferrara | February 7, 2018
A recent column on the dismissal of 'Maddicks v. Big City Realty', for failure to establish the CPLR 901(a) prerequisites of commonality and superiority is misleading in several respects.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Sharon Stern Gerstman | January 31, 2018
Just as grants on other topics legitimately go to New Yorkers via the budgets and programs of multiple state agencies, it is completely appropriate for the Judiciary to operate in a similar manner regarding civil legal services to New Yorkers in need of these services.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Lewis Rosenberg | January 30, 2018
The mainly upstate district attorneys who oppose bail reform base their objections on a "push back" on achieving a "disposition on the alleged crime." This latter point admits that incarceration pressures the indigent to plead guilty.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Alphonso David | January 23, 2018
Governor Cuomo has appointed more diverse judges to the bench than any other governor in the history of the state.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By James C. Tormey III | January 22, 2018
Justice James Tormey, Administrative Judge for the Fifth District, highlights the significant strides the district has made in resolving cases more effectively and efficiently under Judge Janet DiFiore's "Excellence Initiative" mandate.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Rebecca Caravaglio | January 19, 2018
Lawyers tend to devote an enormous amount of time to enhancing their careers and becoming successful. Implementing all the factors that the midsize law firms in your recent article have instituted gives the attorneys a greater chance to become assets in the law field.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jeffrey S. Trachtman | January 17, 2018
Jeffrey S. Trachtman writes: Steven Spielberg's “The Post” is a well-crafted, old-school newspaper drama with a timely message about the crucial role of a fearless free press. But it misses the chance to rediscover a forgotten First Amendment hero—the late Judge Murray I. Gurfein.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Steven Cash | January 11, 2018
Steven Cash writes: The rule of law depends on lawyers. That is why, in the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind Obama-era policies that sidestepped the tension between federal and state laws related to marijuana, a reasonable and critical step is to ensure that lawyers can help maintain that rule of law.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Norman Siegel | January 9, 2018
Following Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017 approximately 30 major federal lawsuits were filed against the president and his administration. These lawsuits have produced approximately 38 major court decisions and the administration has prevailed in only one.
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