New York Law Journal | Event|Commentary
By Colleen McMahon | December 12, 2017
Judge's award acceptance speech becomes an impassioned appeal: "It is a very good thing that the workplace's dirty little secret has finally been subjected to a healthy dose of Justice Louis Brandeis' strongest disinfectant. Now that we have let the sunshine in, we can finally address the nefarious and way too prevalent scourge of sexual harassment in the workplace."
By Cogan Schneier | December 8, 2017
A formal opinion issued Friday from the ABA's ethics committee outlines when judges should, or shouldn't, use the internet for their own research.
By Colby Hamilton | December 7, 2017
Despite going over the mandatory minimum in some of the sentences, Weinstein signaled a clear concern over the lack of alternatives to incarceration for violent offenses and those involved in gangs.
By Josefa Velasquez | Colby Hamilton | December 5, 2017
As the number of arrests at courthouses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers continue to rise under the Trump Administration, a report released Tuesday by the Fund for Modern Courts suggests New York's courts should limit the cooperation and assistance they provide to ICE officers in the courthouses.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Richard J.L. Lomuscio | December 4, 2017
Richard J.L. Lomuscio writes: The rejection of a constitutional convention is not the death-knell for possible reform. In fact, the restructuring of New York's court system has steadily gained support from the bar.
By Josefa Velasquez | December 1, 2017
The state's unified court system is asking the governor and Legislature for a budget increase of $44.4 million for the judiciary for the upcoming fiscal year, according to the budgetary request released Friday.
By Josefa Velasquez | November 27, 2017
A Washington County Town Court justice was admonished Monday for failing to disclose the received unsolicited and unsubstantiated ex parte information he presided over, the Commission on Judicial Conduct announced.
By David Handschuh | November 27, 2017
It's just after 8 a.m. on a weekday morning and a 95-year-old ice dancer is just getting to Chelsea Piers. He slips into a pair of custom fitted, black figure skates and a black, plastic helmet. In a few hours, he'll be pulling on a black robe and bringing his Southern District courtroom to order.
By Josefa Velasquez | November 21, 2017
The state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the state did not violate the compensation clause of the New York Constitution by reducing its contributions to judges' health insurance premiums, thereby reversing a lower court's decision.
By Josefa Velasquez | November 17, 2017
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, a Bronx Democrat who is the new head of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, said in an interview that he's “concerned” that there aren't enough judges in the five boroughs, a matter that he hopes to address in legislation.
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