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New York Law Journal

State Bar Kicks Off Campaign for a Constitutional Convention

New York State Bar Association president Sharon Stern Gerstman told a news conference in Albany that a constitutional convention is needed to fix a "confusing and inefficient" court system.
14 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Green Party of Pa. v. Dep't of State Bureau of Comm'ns, PICS Case No. 17-1371 (Pa. Aug. 22, 2017) Mundy, J., Todd, J. (concurring), Donohue, J. (dissenting) (17 pages).

Commonwealth Court correctly found that nomination certificate was untimely filed and that equitable estoppel did not apply because the 50 day deadline for a special election did not burden appellant's rights. Affirmed.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reprieve From Mortgage Payments Available to Some in Irma's Wake

Homeowners in 48 Florida counties, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands may be eligible for an extended delay in payment of federally backed mortgages due to Hurricane Irma.
5 minute read

International Edition

Trump lawyers leak White House intrigue as reporter overhears lunchtime 'spy' exchange

Former Hogan Lovells and Akin Gump partners on Trump's legal team slip up with steakhouse indiscretion
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Federal Contractors Beware: There's a New Whistleblower Firm in Town

Whistleblower Aid, a nonprofit, nonpartisan law firm, will represent federal employees who want to reveal wrongdoing.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

AG Schneiderman Names Alvin Bragg, Margaret Garnett to New Posts

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the appointment of Chief Deputy Attorney General Alvin Bragg and Executive Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice Margaret Garnett.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

States, Schools and Dreamers: Courts Bombarded With DACA Suits

With two new challenges filed Monday, there are now half a dozen lawsuits over the Trump administration's rescission of the DACA program.
10 minute read

The American Lawyer

Quinn Emanuel Brings Back Its Real-Life Olivia Pope

Crystal Nix-Hines, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has returned to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as a partner in Los Angeles. The former reporter for The New York Times has also moonlighted as a television show script writer.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

State Attorneys General Question Equifax Response to Data Breach

Two-thirds of the nation's state attorneys general are raising "profound concerns" with Atlanta-based Equifax's outside counsel not only about the credit bureau's massive data breach but also about how the company has been treating consumers trying to safeguard their personal and financial information.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

State Bans NY Agencies From Quizzing Individuals on Immigration Status

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order Friday banning state agencies and New York state police from inquiring about individuals' immigration status.
3 minute read

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