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  • Manhattan US Attorney Berman Will Remain, SDNY Court Says

    Colby Hamilton |April 25, 2018

    Berman, who was neither nominated by President Trump nor confirmed by the U.S. Senate, was set to see his term as an appointee end next week.

  • Town Court Judge Charged With Stealing $4M From Trusts Agrees to Resign

    Andrew Denney |April 25, 2018

    An Albany County town justice who is facing grand larceny charges for participating in a scheme to steal $4 million from a trust fund that he oversaw has agreed to resign from the bench.

  • Cuomo Says ICE Agents Need Warrants to Enter State Buildings

    Andrew Denney |April 25, 2018

    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo fired a shot across the bow at federal immigration authorities on Wednesday, threatening legal action to curtail aggressive tactics by agents that he says have infringed on immigrants’ constitutional rights and for allegedly targeting immigrant advocates.

  • News

    Akerman Looks to Boost Mid-Market PE Practice With Fox Rothschild Hire

    Christine Simmons | April 25, 2018

    New York-based Ted Rosen was co-chair of Fox Rothschild's private equity group.

  • News

    Jeff Sessions Deflects Questions About Role in Michael Cohen Investigation

    C. Ryan Barber | April 25, 2018

    “The best answer for me, having given it some thought, is that I shouldn’t announce that,” the U.S. attorney general said in testimony Wednesday about whether he had recused in the probe of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.

  • News

    8 Questions From the Justices That Put Trump's Travel Ban to Test

    Marcia Coyle | April 25, 2018

    Here are eight questions posed during the argument. By the end, there appeared to be a majority that could favor the Trump administration.

  • News

    Golf Course Called Police on Black Lawyer Who Knows Her Way Around Civil Rights Law

    Angela Morris| April 25, 2018

    Sandra Thompson operates a solo firm in York, practicing civil rights, criminal defense, family law, immigration, incorporation, landlord-tenant and personal injury law.

  • News

    Skadden’s Pat Fitzgerald Representing ‘Best Friend’ Jim Comey

    Roy Strom | April 25, 2018

    A pair who became best buddies at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan have officially reunited as a lawyer-client combo.

  • Analysis

    Ninth Circuit Rules That a Joint Plan for Multiple Debtors Can Be Confirmed Over the Objection of All Creditors of Some (But Not All) Debtors

    Corinne Ball| April 25, 2018

    In her Distress Mergers and Acquisitions column, Corinne Ball writes: In 'In re Transwest Resort Properties', the Ninth Circuit expressly rejected the “per debtor” interpretation of §1129(a)(10) in favor of a “per plan” approach.

  • Analysis

    SCOTUS: State Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Class Actions Under the Securities Act of 1933

    Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale| April 25, 2018

    In their Corporate and Securities Litigation column, Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale discuss the history of the federal securities laws, the background to and decision in the 'Cyan' case, and the potential implications of 'Cyan' for plaintiffs, defendants, state and federal courts, and Congress.

  • Analysis

    Trade and Environment—Another Chance for Reconciliation?

    Stephen L. Kass| April 25, 2018

    International Environmental Law columnist Stephen L. Kass writes: I believe both economic and political logic, as well as geopolitical concerns, will lead the United States to agree to an updated NAFTA with Mexico and Canada, to try to rejoin and modify the TPP (which has now gone into effect, in simplified form, without the United States) and eventually to resume its negotiations for an expanded trade agreement with the EU. If that happens, the question for environmentalists and environmental lawyers is whether the new agreements will provide an opportunity to improve and expand the kinds of environmental protection built into the new trade agreements.

  • Analysis

    What Is Diversity in the Legal Market? Or Is Everyone a Special Snowflake?

    Jill Backer| April 25, 2018

    The legal market is going to have to stop the rhetoric of diversity initiatives and pipeline programs and figure out how to actually increase the number of minorities in the profession, and in positions of leadership.

  • Q&A

    Murphy & McGonigle: A Firm Without the 'Sharp Elbows You May Find Elsewhere'

    Susan DeSantis | April 25, 2018

    "We represent many of the major financial institutions in the country ... most have told us they appreciate the combination of cost-efficiencies and specialized talent," said Len Amoruso, managing partner of the New York office of Murphy & McGonigle.

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  • Commentary

    Federal Appeals Court Should Reject Total Immunity for Prosecutors 

    Jay Schweikert| April 25, 2018

    In other words, no matter how egregious, willful or harmful the violation, you can never sue an individual prosecutor for violating your constitutional rights.

  • News

    In Second Loss in Two Months, Domino Plant Hit With $2.35M Discrimination Verdict

    Jason Grant | April 25, 2018

    The verdict, which came after a four-day trial in Manhattan, was the second multimillion-dollar discrimination verdict against the plant in the last two months.

  • Chart

    Law Grads Hiring Report: Job Stats for the Class of 2017

    Karen Sloan | April 25, 2018

    The law class of 2017 overall fared better in the entry-level job market, but national figures obscure the extreme stratification of employment success for grads from individual schools. Our 10 charts break down all the latest hiring data, showing the schools that excelled—and those that lagged behind.

  • News

    Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Libel Suit by Top Venezuelan Politician Over WSJ Report

    Colby Hamilton | April 25, 2018

    A 2015 article by The Wall Street Journal said Diosdado Cabello, described as the second-most powerful man in Venezuela, was being investigated by U.S. officials for turning the country into a global hub for cocaine trafficking and money laundering.

  • News

    List of Candidates Who Passed the February 2018 Bar Exam

    Staff| April 25, 2018

    The list issued by the State Board of Law Examiners of the names of the 1,421 candidates who passed the bar examination given on Feb. 27-28.

  • News

    Trump's Statements on Travel Ban Dominate Supreme Court Arguments

    Marcia Coyle | April 25, 2018

    "The president could have distanced himself [from his statements and tweets] but instead embraced them," Hogan Lovells partner Neal Katyal, arguing for Hawaii, told the justices Wednesday.

  • News

    Graduates of NY Law Schools Do Well on Bar Exam as Other Candidates Falter

    Susan DeSantis | April 25, 2018

    Seventy percent of the graduates of New York law schools who took the bar examination for the first time in February passed, the state Board of Law Examiners announced today.

  • Wednesday Newspaper

    New York Law Journal| April 25, 2018

    Click on the selected day/section to open the New York Law Journal in PDF format.

  • News

    Merck Moves to MDL Cases Over Its Shingles Vaccine

    Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2018

    Merck has moved to coordinate dozens of lawsuits brought over injuries allegedly caused by its shingles vaccine, Zostavax.

  • Trump's Tweets, Kennedy & More: What to Watch at Travel Ban Arguments

    Marcia Coyle | April 24, 2018

    Four things to watch Wednesday morning when the justices take up argument over the Trump administration's travel ban. Trump's said a lot about the ban. How much will his words matter?

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  • News

    Public Finance Leader Departs Dentons for Cozen O'Connor

    Christine Simmons | April 24, 2018

    Jonathan Ballan will co-chair Cozen O'Connor's public and project finance practice group from New York.

  • News

    Laster Orders Morris Nichols to Produce Client's Litigation File

    Tom McParland | April 24, 2018

    The Delaware Court of Chancery has ordered Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell to turn over additional documents to two former clients embroiled in a dispute over control of a New York-based technology-services firm.

  • News

    Attorney Found Guilty in NYPD Gun Licensing Bribe Conspiracy

    Colby Hamilton | April 24, 2018

    John Chambers, a former prosecutor in the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, marketed himself as a top firearm licensing attorney in New York.

  • 'Back to the Future' Royalties Central to Battle Over DeLorean Auto Legacy

    Charles Toutant | April 24, 2018

    Two camps are battling in New Jersey federal court over royalties paid by Universal Pictures for use of the car that became a time machine in the "Back to the Future" movie trilogy.

  • News

    NYPD Illegally Using, Sharing Data From Sealed Cases, Class Complaint Says

    Andrew Denney | April 24, 2018

    The New York City Police Department’s practice of using information from dismissed and sealed cases for everyday law enforcement operations, as well as sharing the information with fellow law enforcement agencies, violates state law, according to a suit filed on Tuesday.

  • News

    Del. Supreme Court Upholds Discount in Appraisal Lawsuit Stemming From Telecom Deal

    Tom McParland | April 24, 2018

    The Delaware Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling that found Sprint's $3.6 billion acquisition of telecommunications firm Clearwire in 2013 had valued Clearwire at more than twice what it was actually worth.

  • Analysis

    Five Ways to Make the Most of Convergence in Legal Communications

    Steven Andersen| April 24, 2018

    In this Law Firm Management column, Steven Andersen writes: Although there is tremendous upside in creating bespoke communications strategies using the full range of media services, there’s now increased risk for confusion and competing agendas. For law firms and agencies alike, convergence presents the necessity to stretch—to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and strategies, and to reshape their relationships.

  • Analysis

    Condemnation of Wetlands in New York: The Reasonable Probability-Incremental Increase Rule

    Michael Rikon| April 24, 2018

    In his Condemnation and Tax Certiorari column, Michael Rikon writes: Recently, the Second Department confirmed the application of the “reasonable probability—incremental increase rule” in 'Matter of New Creek Bluebelt, Phase 3, (Baycrest Manor)'.

  • Analysis

    The Family Office Conundrum

    Steven H. Holinstat and Daniel Hatten| April 24, 2018

    New York law construing the attorney-client privilege has typically concerned the privilege when either an entity or an individual is the client. However, when a lawyer provides legal advice to an individual through a family office, New York law is unclear whether the individual or entity rules relating to the attorney-client privilege are applicable.

  • Analysis

    Litigants, the Bench and the Bar Stand to Gain From 'Rodriguez' Decision

    John Zaremba and Dan Gluck| April 24, 2018

    The takeaway for labor law practitioners is that §241(6) plaintiffs can and should be granted summary judgment regardless of issues of comparative fault.

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  • News

    Amid Mueller Probe, Gregory Craig Retires From Skadden

    Brian Baxter | April 24, 2018

    The former White House counsel has left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C., as the firm’s ties to Ukraine’s former government continue to be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller III.

  • Analysis

    How Women Can Successfully Change Their Career Track

    Gloria Martinez| April 24, 2018

    Changing up a career path can mean many different things to different people; decide what it means to you and go for it. Only you can make it happen!

  • Realty Law Digest

    Scott E. Mollen| April 24, 2018

    Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses “Madison Sullivan Partners v. PMG Sullivan St.” where a complaint alleging mismanagement of real estate development was dismissed based on exculpatory clauses in the operating agreements, and “Lorenz v. Soares,” an adverse possession case where a motion to amend the complaint to add a cause of action “for precise location” was dismissed.

  • Tax Reform May Have Some Nasty Surprises for Rental Property Owners

    Ezra Dyckman and Charles S. Nelson| April 24, 2018

    In their Taxation column, Ezra Dyckman and Charles S. Nelson discuss how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced a new concept under which business losses cannot be used to offset certain types of income and examine how this will have significant consequences for many owners of rental real estate.

  • News

    Judicial Conduct Commission Says Suspended Rochester City Judge Should Be Removed From Bench

    Andrew Denney | April 24, 2018

    New York’s judicial ethics watchdog has recommended the removal of an embattled Rochester City Court judge who has faced a barrage of legal woes during her three years on the bench, including her most recent arrest for allegedly attempting to make an illegal firearms purchase.

  • News

    Battle Continues Over Nazi-Looted Art as Heirs Seek to Auction Prized Paintings

    Jason Grant | April 24, 2018

    An Austrian Jewish entertainer's heirs, who recently won the rights to two Egon Schiele paintings looted by the Nazis, are asking a judge to transfer the paintings to Christie’s auction house, but their opposition is planning to appeal the original ruling.

  • News

    Splintered Supreme Court Shields Foreign Corporations From Alien Tort Statute

    Tony Mauro | April 24, 2018

    The splintered 91-page decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank—Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority—narrows the reach of the Alien Tort Statute and finishes a task the court left incomplete in its 2013 ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum.

  • Analysis

    The 2018 Am Law 100

    Gina Passarella Cipriani | April 24, 2018

    The country's largest law firms thumbed their proverbial noses at tough market conditions, posting some of the most significant gains since the Great Recession.

  • News

    From Nigeria to Brazil to Canada: Access to Justice Tech on the International Stage

    Rhys Dipshan | April 24, 2018

    The array of access to justice solutions presented at the Global Legal Hackathon’s final round highlighted how such tech is taking hold around the world.

  • Tuesday Newspaper

    New York Law Journal| April 24, 2018

    Click on the selected day/section to open the New York Law Journal in PDF format.

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  • News

    SEC Punishes Shkreli With Stock Trading Sanctions

    Andrew Denney | April 23, 2018

    The SEC has hit former pharmaceutical executive and convicted stock fraudster Martin Shkreli with a sanction barring him from associating with brokers and ratings agencies.

  • News

    Justin Muzinich, Trump’s Pick for Treasury's No. 2, Files Ethics Pledge, Income Disclosure

    MP McQueen | April 23, 2018

    Justin Muzinich, counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Trump administration's pick for deputy secretary, reveals more than $17 million in mostly investment income, and ethics pledge in new disclosures.

  • Commentary

    Trump Is Close to Being Right on the Attorney-Client Privilege—But for All the Wrong Reasons

    Jay Sterling Silver| April 23, 2018

    Although for an entirely wrong reason, the president wasn’t too far away from being right about the present condition of the privilege.

  • News

    Oscar-Winning Documentarian Denied Video From Theranos Depositions in Del.

    Tom McParland | April 23, 2018

    A Delaware Court of Chancery vice chancellor on Monday denied Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney access to discovery materials from two investor lawsuits filed against Theranos and its directors, as he prepares a feature-length documentary about the embattled blood-testing company.

  • News

    With Chadbourne Suit Behind Her, Kerrie Campbell Continues Gender Equity Struggle

    Scott Flaherty | April 23, 2018

    Ex-Chadbourne & Parke partner Kerrie Campbell may have settled her gender bias case against the firm. But she's still fighting.

  • In Brief

    Ex-Purchasing Director for Staten Island DA Pleads Guilty to Theft of Govt. Funds

    Andrew Denney | April 23, 2018

    A former procurement director for the Staten Island District Attorney’s Office has pleaded guilty to running a 10-year scheme in which he racked up more than $440,000 on the DA’s credit cards through purchasing personal items and transferring funds to his own bank account.

  • News

    Judge Sets Stage for Falun Gong's Religious Bias Case Against 'Anti-Cult' Group

    Andrew Denney | April 23, 2018

    A Queens-based group devoted to the Falun Gong movement—which has been labeled as a cult by the Chinese government—should be defined as a religious institution for the purposes of a lawsuit against a self-styled anti-cult group that it said has allegedly assaulted its members, a federal judge found.

  • News

    Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of Decision Nixing Table-Saw Antitrust Claims

    Michael Riccardi | April 23, 2018

    The Fourth Circuit held that Oregon-based saw-maker SawStop's allegations that the companies had colluded to boycott its patented injury-prevention technology were barred by the four-year statute of limitations for antitrust claims.

  • News

    McIver Defense Promises to Appeal Jury's Guilty Verdict for Murder

    R. Robin McDonald | April 23, 2018

    The jury also convicted McIver of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and influencing a witness.

  • News

    Departed Clinton County Justice Agrees to Bench Ban

    Colby Hamilton | April 23, 2018

    Kenneth Lafave resigned in March over claims he behaved inappropriately from the bench during a 2016 eviction case.

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  • News

    Judge Keeps $125M Provigil Settlement Intact, Denying Claim Document Wasn't Final

    Max Mitchell | April 23, 2018

    A federal judge has rejected an insurance provider's attempts to invalidate a $125 million settlement that the company, and several others, entered into with the makers of the sleep-disorder drug Provigil.

  • Analysis

    Hiring Practices Draw Antitrust Scrutiny

    Elai Katz| April 23, 2018

    Antitrust columnist Elai Katz writes: Federal enforcers have left no doubt that restraints on competition for employees may constitute serious antitrust violations.

  • Analysis

    Rants, Posts, and the True Threats Doctrine

    Peter A. Crusco| April 23, 2018

    Cyber Crime columnist Peter A. Crusco discusses recent cases addressing some of the more frequently raised issues concerning the parameters of the true threats doctrine.

  • News

    New York's Elite Law Firms Still Lead the Pack on Profits, Revenue

    Christine Simmons | April 23, 2018

    Even if fewer of them achieved double-digit profit growth last year, the group is still the envy of the industry, according to reporting for The American Lawyer’s upcoming Am Law 100 rankings.

  • Event

    Privacy Rights, Law Accessibility Win Big at Global Legal Hackathon Finale

    Rhys Dipshan | April 23, 2018

    The winning teams at the hackathon event focused on promoting user privacy and making the law more understandable to the everyday consumer.

  • Analysis

    New Partners

    Angela Turturro | April 23, 2018

    In this Special Report: "New York Partner Promotions Up 27 Percent at Top Firms," "The Unique Place for Midsize Firms in Today’s Legal Market," "It's the Money, Stupid!" and "Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms."

  • News

    2nd Circuit Tells Trump Administration to Ease Off Brake in Implementing New Fuel Standard Penalties

    Colby Hamilton | April 23, 2018

    In an order Monday, an appellate panel vacated the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's rolled-back penalties for automakers who violated fuel efficiency standards.

  • News

    Judge Merrilee Ehrlich Planned to Retire, But a Controversial Video Forced Her Out Sooner

    Samantha Joseph | April 23, 2018

    "That was not just a little off," Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein said. "That was mean, it was abusive, it was cruel, and it was gratuitous.”

  • News

    No Standing for Monkey to Bring Selfie Copyright Suit

    Scott Graham | April 23, 2018

    Ninth Circuit Judges Carlos Bea and N. Randy Smith said an en banc panel of the court ought to reconsider whether animals ever have standing to bring claims.

  • Photo

    Brenda Berkman Art Exhibit

    David Handschuh | April 23, 2018

    Brenda Berkman, a lawyer, FDNY captain and artist, whose 1982 lawsuit resulted in the hiring of the first female firefighters by the FDNY, has an exhibit at the Charles P. Sifton Gallery at the U.S. District Court on Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn.

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  • News

    Hogan Lovells Snags Restructuring Leader From Jones Day

    Lizzy McLellan | April 23, 2018

    Richard Wynne, Bennett Spiegel and Erin Brady joined Hogan Lovells on Monday, each bringing with them a book of well known clients.

  • Monday Newspaper

    New York Law Journal| April 23, 2018

    Click on the selected day/section to open the New York Law Journal in PDF format.

  • News

    Columbia Law Review Has First Black Male Editor-in-Chief in 117-Year History

    Susan DeSantis | April 22, 2018

    "This is a pipeline into the elite parts of the profession and if we want to see more diversity in the most elite parts of the profession it really starts with law review," said Adriane Peralta who studied diversity at top 15 law reviews.

  • News

    New Book Digs Into Richard Nixon’s Time in Big Law

    Meghan Tribe | April 20, 2018

    “Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House” explores how a five-year stint at Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander became a launching pad to the presidency.

  • News

    Exxon Mobil Appeals Dismissal of Bid to Derail State AGs' Climate Change Actions

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The energy company, facing probes into whether it deceived shareholders and the public over climate change, saw its suit against the attorneys general tossed in late March.

  • Commentary

    Trial by Jury: An American Expert Tells Us What We’re Losing

    Valerie P. Hans| April 20, 2018

    If you follow high-profile trials, you might be surprised to learn that the jury system is in serious decline in America. That’s a big problem.

  • News

    Wells Fargo Turned to Sullivan & Cromwell Ahead of $1B Consumer Settlement

    C. Ryan Barber | April 20, 2018

    “We always try to play absolutely straight with the regulators,” H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell's senior chairman and a lawyer for Wells Fargo, told The American Lawyer last year.

  • News

    Kushner Cos. Confirms Federal Subpoenas: 'Nothing to Hide'

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The family real estate company previously run by President Trump's son-in-law is being looked at over reports it filed false housing paperwork in New York City.

  • News

    New York Partner Promotions Up 27 Percent at Top Firms

    Christine Simmons | April 20, 2018

    In another sign of generally robust health among New York's biggest firms, the latest crop of new partners is the largest in years.

  • News

    Widow Can't Block Decision to Release Convicted Cop-Killer, Judge Rules

    Andrew Denney | April 20, 2018

    An Albany judge has ruled that the widow of one of two police officers killed in a 1971 ambush in Harlem by members of the Black Liberation Army cannot block the state parole board’s decision to release Herman Bell, one of the men convicted in the murders.

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  • It’s the Money, Stupid!

    James Meadows| April 20, 2018

    Why the new breed of law firms is moving from point- to math-based compensation models.

  • Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on Law Firms

    Joe Bublé and Sidney Kess| April 20, 2018

    The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-97) is transformative legislation that dramatically changes the tax landscape for individuals and businesses for years to come. It has an impact on the income tax that attorneys will pay and it also affects the work that firms will be asked to do.

  • Allen & Overy Promotes Brian Jebb and Simon Clark to Partner

    Patricia Kane | April 20, 2018

    And other announcements of recent hirings and promotions of New York attorneys.

  • Analysis

    Charitable Deduction and Other Indexed Tax Adjustments for 2018

    Conrad Teitell| April 20, 2018

    In his Estate Planning and Philanthropy column, Conrad Teitell writes: Not exciting—but important to know: Each year IRS adjusts charitable gift premium rules, tax tables, personal exemptions, standard deductions and other tax provisions. Here are the key charitable figures for 2018 from Rev. Proc. 2017-58, 2017-45 IRB 489 (Nov. 6, 2017) and Rev. Proc. 2018-18, 2018-10 IRB 392 (March 5, 2018).

  • Podcast

    Paul Weiss Chairman Pipes Up About the #MeToo Movement

    Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | April 20, 2018

    The Careerist's Vivia Chen talks with Brad Karp about the power imbalance in law firms and how to change it.

  • Commentary

    O.W. Holmes Jr. and #MeToo

    Daniel J. Kornstein| April 20, 2018

    Holmes should be a hero, as yet unsung, of the #MeToo movement. He is sensitive and aware of the embarrassment and shame felt by a victim of sexual assault. He provides new support for any victim criticized for not reporting an incident sooner. Holmes’s comments should be cited in any brief on the point.

  • Analysis

    The Impact of New York City’s New Mandatory Construction Site Safety Training Requirements Under Local Law 196

    John V. Barbieri and Jennifer R. Loyd| April 20, 2018

    New York City recently enacted new construction safety training legislation that established a program to provide equal access to construction site safety training (SST) for workers, in addition to existing federal, state and local requirements.

  • News

    Law Grad Employment Rate Improves Thanks to Smaller Class

    Karen Sloan | April 20, 2018

    The class of 2017 posted gains in jobs requiring a law degree, but the number of jobs in which a law degree offers an advantage declined significantly.

  • News

    DNC Files Civil Suit Against Trump, Russia Over Election Hacking

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    The suit, drawing on the volume of reporting over the issue, seeks to subject Trump campaign officials, as well as Russia, to the civil discovery process.

  • News

    What Does Kirkland's Lateral War Chest Buy? A Lot

    Miriam Rozen | April 20, 2018

    Kirkland & Ellis' latest hire once again shows off the firm's deep purse and lateral allure, broadens its practice strength, and chips away at a gender imbalance in its partnership.

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  • Profile

    Litigator of the Week: And Client Number Three Is…

    Colby Hamilton | April 20, 2018

    It was the denouement in the riveting drama that played out over two days before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood : When Davis Wright Tremaine partner Rob Balin convinced the court to compel Michael Cohen's to reveal his third client.

  • News

    Documents: Feds Hit Wells Fargo for $1B Penalty for Consumer Abuses

    Mike Scarcella | April 20, 2018

    The $1 billion penalty imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau marks the largest in the agency's history.

  • Friday Newspaper

    New York Law Journal| April 20, 2018

    Click on the selected day/section to open the New York Law Journal in PDF format.

  • News

    Trump's Attorney Cohen Drops Defamation Suits Over Steele Dossier

    Colby Hamilton | April 19, 2018

    Days after appearing in federal court over material seized in a federal raid, Cohen's attorney confirmed he's dropping suits in state and federal court against Buzzfeed, which published the dossier, and the political research group that commissioned it, Fusion GPS.

  • News

    Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Takes Leave from Greenberg Traurig

    Christine Simmons | April 19, 2018

    The former New York mayor will serve as a personal lawyer for the president.

  • News

    NY Attorney General Gets Pushback on Cryptocurrency Inquiry

    MP McQueen | April 19, 2018

    After Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Investor Protection Bureau sent letters and questionnaires this week to 13 cryptocurrency trading platforms seeking information, at least one said it won’t comply, and a financial services regulation lawyer called the attorney general’s action “extraordinary.”

  • News

    Man Cleared in '90 Subway Killing Sues City for Wrongful Conviction

    Colby Hamilton | April 19, 2018

    Johnny Hincapie was freed in 2015 after evidence raised questions over his conviction in the 1990 killing of a tourist on a Manhattan subway platform.

  • News

    NFL Concussion Case Judge Denies Bid to Add New Lead Counsel Post

    Max Mitchell | April 19, 2018

    A federal judge has rejected calls to appoint additional counsel to represent injured players seeking recovery under the NFL's $1 billion concussion settlement.

  • Manhattan's 'Fearless Girl,' Target of Legal Threats by 'Charging Bull' Sculptor, to Get New Home

    Andrew Denney | April 19, 2018

    The Fearless Girl is getting out of the path of the Charging Bull, which may also allow the New York City government and the owner of the Fearless Girl to sidestep a lawsuit.

  • News

    Resident Historian Trying to Get Landmark Status for Nassau County Courthouse

    David Handschuh | April 19, 2018

    "Our courthouse here in Nassau County needs TLC," said Brendan Brosh, a spokesperson for District Attorney Madeline Singas, whose office is in the building.

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  • News

    Survey Shows 27 Percent Pay Gap for Top Women Equity Partners

    Miriam Rozen | April 19, 2018

    Even "star" partners pay a big price for their gender, new research by Acritas found.

  • Analysis

    Judicial Approval of Disclosure-Only Class Action Settlements

    Thomas J. Hall| April 19, 2018

    In his Commercial Division Update column, Thomas J. Hall discusses recent Commercial Division decisions applying a new standard for judicial approval of non-monetary class action settlements in New York.

  • Analysis

    Defamation, Search and Seizure, Presumption of Legitimacy and More

    E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith| April 19, 2018

    In their Appellate Division Review column, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith highlight some of the Appellate Division’s closely watched cases—including a number of reversals—from the first quarter of 2018.

  • News

    Alexander Hamilton Gets Honorary Degree From Albany Law School

    Karen Sloan | April 19, 2018

    The Founding Father never attended a formal law school, but Albany Law School plans to give him an honorary degree next month to recognize his influence in the city and his contributions to the country.

  • Analysis

    'Matter of Reno': A Curious Case of Attorney Discipline Under the 'Fitness' Provision of Rule 8.4(h)

    Ralph A. Catalano| April 19, 2018

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