By Emily Saul | April 17, 2024
"You do not see the type and extent of control that Judge Merchan is exercising in every case," said one observer.
By Andrew Denney | April 11, 2024
Commercial Division was already hearing tech cases, and that litigants have long been allowed to have court-appointed referees preside over their commercial disputes, prior to the chief administrative judge's order. But the court's advisory council recommended adding specific language to its rules to better educate the bar on the court's offerings.
By Brian Lee | April 11, 2024
Both the New York County Lawyers Association and the Associations of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York have expressed support for the measure.
By Andrew Denney | April 6, 2024
The new report, co-authored by the watchdog group Scrutinize and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at the New York University School of Law, identifies judges who had sentences reversed or reduced from 2007 to 2023 and includes tallies of how many years were reduced from their sentencing determinations.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 5, 2024
While it's likely too early to see major swings in the law, the president's appointees' individual opinions on criminal law and qualified immunity show the impact the judges' diverse professional backgrounds have on their jurisprudence.
By Brian Lee | April 3, 2024
New York Chief Judge Rowan Wilson has tapped two members to new terms on the Commission on Judicial Conduct.
By Emily Saul | April 2, 2024
The ruling follows a request from prosecutors last week to clarify the scope of the ruling, in the wake of online attacks by Trump against Justice Merchan's daughter and DA Alvin Bragg's wife.
By Emily Saul | March 29, 2024
Trump's lawyers say prosecutors are misinterpreting the order.
By Emily Saul | March 29, 2024
A new lawsuit alleges Seddio, once a Surrogates Court Judge in Brooklyn, was bought into a case by Cole Schotz in an attempt to influence Manhattan Commercial Division Justice Andrew Borrok. Borrok is not accused of any wrongdoing.
By Brian Lee | March 27, 2024
Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a prior version that contained a retroactive component, which has been removed.
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