By Jason Grant | November 16, 2017
The defendant Joseph Tigano III, convicted in 2015 of operating a marijuana farm and sentenced to 20 years, was released Wednesday night from federal prison after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a terse order on Wednesday afternoon dismissing the indictment against him.
By Jason Grant | November 15, 2017
The decision may be the first time a state judge has ruled that a warrant based on probable cause, rather than on a lesser standard, is necessary before police deploy a cell site simulator.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lewis Wiener, James Southworth, Kymberly Kochis & Francis X. Nolan | November 13, 2017
Lewis Wiener, James Southworth and Kymberly Kochis are partners, and Francis X. Nolan write: Understanding the authority—and limitations—of regulatory power in different jurisdictions in a global economy can save companies, their executives and their employees from unnecessary criminal and civil litigation.
By Josefa Velasquez | November 7, 2017
New Yorkers on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against a proposal to hold a convention to make changes to the state's constitution. Updated results.
By Marcia Coyle | November 7, 2017
Two organizations, Free Speech for People and RootsAction.org, have joined forces behind Impeach Donald Trump Now, a grassroots petition drive that has collected thus far more than 1.2 million signatures.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin A. Schwartz | November 2, 2017
In his Section 1983 Litigation column, Martin A. Schwartz explains how a series of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court has brought us to the point that even the most blatantly unconstitutional conduct by prosecutors is frequently not redressable under §1983.
By Susan DeSantis | October 30, 2017
The state bar association has listed numerous goals in conjunction with its support of a constitutional convention.
By Josefa Velasquez | October 30, 2017
A coalition of progressive groups including the NYCLU and Legal Aid Society announced its opposition to a ballot measure on Nov. 7 that asks whether New Yorkers should hold a convention to revise and amend the state constitution next year.
By Cogan Schneier | October 26, 2017
In a speech at the Heritage Foundation, the attorney general said judges who have entered nationwide preliminary injunctions against President Donald Trump's policies are carrying out policy preferences, not the law.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sol Wachtler | October 25, 2017
Today we take the First Amendment as prohibiting any law that abridges free speech or a free press, but did the drafters of the First Amendment really mean that the press was at liberty to insult and demean the president of the United States without penalty?
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