Ryland West

September 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The award is named for the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1906-09.

By ALM Staff

2 minute read

July 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Legal Aid's nonattorney workers have been working under an expired contract for two years. The major sticking points in negotiations over a new contract have been determining fair pay for workers and settling on a telecommute policy.

By Ryland West | Andrew Denney

2 minute read

July 22, 2024 | New York Law Journal

"We want people to feel like they can come and do everything they need to do in their day," said Blank Rome's Shonette Gaston.

By Ryland West | Mimi Lamarre

4 minute read

March 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Each year, the New York City Bar Association, for which Botein previously served as president, presents an award bearing Botein's likeness and namesake to nonjudicial employees who play essential roles in the functioning of the courts.

By Ryland West

2 minute read

January 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Firm attorneys moved this month into Crowell's new office at Two Manhattan West, where the firm has taken over two floors or 71,000 square feet.

By Ryland West | Abigail Adcox

3 minute read

October 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

"It was a perfect representation of my courtroom," U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff told the Law Journal after having emerged from Friedland's office of horrors. "Just another day at the Southern District."

By Andrew Denney | Ryland West

2 minute read

July 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Striking attorneys say that, in addition to salaries that are out of step with peer legal service providers, they are also juggling massive caseloads that have been exacerbated by turnover at the organization, often causing children to have to meet with a rotating cast of lawyers.

By Ryland West | Andrew Denney

3 minute read

June 28, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Elizabeth Prelogar attended the June 8 event at Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan fresh from a tight 5-4 victory in Allen v. Milligan, in which a majority found that that the configuration of Alabama's congressional districts violates the Voting Rights Act.

By Andrew Denney | Ryland West

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April 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is on trial for a copyright lawsuit in which he is accused of ripping off R&B legend Marvin Gaye's hit "Let's Get It On" to make his own chart-topping "Thinking Out Loud."

By Andrew Denney | Ryland West

2 minute read

April 18, 2023 | New York Law Journal

New York City Bar Association President Susan L. Kohlmann said in remarks to the World Law Congress 2023 at the United Nations that, in all years before 2017, there were 884 climate-related cases filed in a combined 24 countries. By 2021, that number nearly doubled to 1,550 cases, filed in 38 countries.

By ALM Staff

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