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By Brian Lee | March 7, 2024
The bill asks for the Empire State to follow in the footsteps of New York City, which in 2017 became the first city in the country to enact a right to counsel for tenants facing eviction.
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By Brian Lee | March 6, 2024
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, D-Bronx, introduced the bill, which would reduce the ratio to one judge per population of 40,000.
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By Brian Lee | March 5, 2024
Judge Verna Saunders, president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, told the Law Journal the proposal raises a number of concerns about potentially upending separation of powers, since lawmakers would be able to increase or decrease the number of judges in the state's 13 judicial districts.
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By Cheryl Miller | March 2, 2024
The state bar's board of trustees will also pursue a possible licensing-fee restructuring that would determine how much lawyers pay annually based on their income, job description or years of practice.
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By Cheryl Miller | March 1, 2024
Assembly Judiciary Committee Chair Ash Kalra said he wants to add injunctive relief to a judge's "toolbox" in PAGA cases.
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By Allison Dunn | March 1, 2024
The bill specifies that no financial institution staff member who receives the training will be liable in any civil or administrative proceeding for disclosing the suspected financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable adult if disclosure was made in good faith and with reasonable care.
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By Keith A. Markel and Alana R. Mildner | March 1, 2024
Since the authors' previous New York Law Journal article, there has been a significant change in the legal landscape in the area of pay frequency. The change has the potential to stem the tide of pay frequency litigation.
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By Linda A. Thompson | March 1, 2024
Companies that cause severe and irreparable harm to the environment could face fines of up to €1.6 million. Belgium also classified ecocide as an international crime, on par with war crimes, crimes of aggression, crimes against humanity and genocide.
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By Riley Brennan | March 1, 2024
"With stronger federal law, state and federal regulators can work together to better meet their shared responsibility to hold PBMs accountable and improve the country's health care system overall," the coalition said.
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By Brian Lee | February 29, 2024
Lurie Daniel Favors, executive director at the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, was appointed to the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, which drew controversy as lawmakers considered creation of the body in 2023.
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