Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
October 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir From the Front Lines of Russia's War Against the WestJeffrey Winn reviews the memoir of a former U.S. ambassador to Russia who provides a close assessment of Vladimir Putin's past and motivations.
By Jeffrey M. Winn
9 minute read
October 15, 2024 | New York Law Journal
If Trump Wants It, 2+2=5Former President Donald Trump wants his supporters and enablers to subordinate their real-world perceptions to his political will, Law Journal columnist Bennett L. Gershman writes.
By Bennett L. Gershman
7 minute read
October 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal
New York's Court System Says More Work Is Needed To Clear Up Case DelaysNew York's court system is working with the Center for Justice Innovation to implementing a number of common-sense measures aimed at reducing case processing delays, including improving oversight of the discovery process, accelerating when pretrial hearings occur, deploying court personnel to help resolve obstacles to case resolution, and establishing a formal protocol for conferencing cases and setting firm trial dates.
By Joseph A. Zayas
13 minute read
October 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Postal Service Shows Media Outlets' Requested Change of Address Data Is ProtectedThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
October 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Managing Partners of New York—How Have You Fared Over The Past Year? Let Us Know With Our Annual SurveyAs in previous years, we ask firm leaders a range of questions related to all of the most important issues law firms have faced over the last year
By Andrew Denney
1 minute read
October 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal
NYC's Administrative Court's to Publish Some Rulings in the New York Law Journal Is Welcomed. But It Should Go FurtherAn attorney who has worked thousands of cases before the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings applauds the court's recent announcement to submit rulings from its trial division to the New York Law Journal for publication. But he says going further and publishing rulings from the court's appeals and hearing divisions would more accurately reflect OATH and how its decisions impact the average New Yorker.
By Daniel M. Lehmann
4 minute read
October 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Decision of the Day: Canada-Based Defendant Had Virtual Office in New York, Giving Court JurisdictionThis ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By ALM Staff
1 minute read
October 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Requiem For a Rule of EvidenceIn a time when witnesses are called for what they know or have observed, limited only by relevance and probative value, the voucher rule remains anachronism, an Appellate Division, Second Department justice writes.
By Mark Powers
15 minute read
October 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Recusals in the Court of Appeals: A Response to Judge ReadA Law Journal columnist responds to a former Court of Appeals judge's recent column in which she questioned the use of the high court's procedure for substituting recused judges.
By Norman A. Olch
5 minute read
October 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Moving Toward Yes Amid Political Uncertainty: NYC Planning Commission Approves 'City of Yes' for Housing Opportunity. But Will City Council?Will City Council put aside the power struggles and politics, and rise to the occasion to support this final piece of Eric Adams' land use agenda, or will COYHO be lost in the political tides?
By Eva C. Schneider and Jodi Stein
7 minute read
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