By Jason Grant | February 17, 2023
In ongoing legal battles over disclosure of officer-misconduct records after the repeal of a longstanding New York privacy law, a state appeals court on Thursday dealt a blow to government efforts to keep "unsubstantiated" misconduct claims out of the public eye.
By Michael A. Mora | February 9, 2023
"It is a professionally devastating turn of events for one of the nation's leading surgeons, who happens to be a Latina," said David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp.
By Jason Grant | February 6, 2023
"The use of facial recognition software to exclude members of law firms from a Knicks basketball game or a Taylor Swift concert discriminates against lawyers for doing their jobs," said Sherry Levin Wallach, the New York State Bar Association's president.
By Emily Saul | February 2, 2023
While the number of police misconduct lawsuits settling is declining, the amount paid out—$121 million in 2022—is on the rise, according to figures supplied by the Legal Aid Society.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Christopher Dunn | February 2, 2023
Despite expressly acknowledging the risk of race-based stops, the Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals have given police free rein to stop vehicles no matter the officers' actual motivation so long as they can point to a traffic infraction. This unchecked authority is directly responsible for tragedies like the beating death of Tyre Nichols.
By Brad Kutner | January 27, 2023
"We want to be able to hold those accountable who both organized and executed this attack," said David Brody with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, who are representing plaintiff police officers in this dispute.
By Jason Grant | January 26, 2023
The Democrat-controlled legislature has made the institution of an equality amendment a renewed priority after the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization struck down women's federal right to abortion.
By Jason Grant | January 25, 2023
The reinstatement of the state law and city law-based claim comes despite the plaintiff apparently mislabeling her lawsuit's discrimination cause of action as one rooted in a "hostile workplace," when her complaint describes a single incident and a next-day firing.
By Brian Lee | January 25, 2023
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. uses facial recognition to identify the targeted attorneys, and preventing their access to the venues could be a violation of local, state, and federal human rights laws, including laws that prohibit retaliation, James' office said.
By Brian Lee | January 24, 2023
The doctrine prevents certain government agents from being sued for violating someone's civil rights, unless they violated a clearly established law.
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