The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Vivia Chen | September 15, 2020
It's not the tired conflict between working and stay-at-home moms.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Scott M. Karson | September 8, 2020
The New York State Bar Association recognizes that the coronavirus pandemic has caused significant financial shortfalls at all levels of government. But, we nevertheless are deeply concerned about the state's inordinate delays in paying over $15 million owed under its contractual obligations to legal service providers for services already rendered.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Elayne Kesselman | August 27, 2020
I am a sole practitioner and single parent. I have always done a lot of my paper work at home, so working from home during the pandemic has not been an adjustment for me. But for decades, the courthouse had been an extension of my office. Speaking with my adversaries and courtroom staff took the place of lunchroom meetings and standing around the office water cooler.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By William M. Erlbaum | August 21, 2020
COVID-19 will leave the world with massive damage in its wake. Rebuilding post-pandemic will need to be a collective project, with communication among participants and adequate solidarity, morale, and empathy, the attitude that "we are all in this together" and that every worker has skin in the game.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Helgi Walker, Barry Goldsmith, Jonathan Seibald and Brian Richman | August 20, 2020
The commission's Enforcement Division has waged an overly aggressive and entirely unnecessary campaign against the very firms that provide capital and liquidity to the small businesses the SEC says it wants to help.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Edward Steinberg | August 20, 2020
So long as our profession remains siloed, we will fail to help attorneys at every age and every professional level from improving their lives and the lives of those who care for them deeply.
The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Vivia Chen | August 19, 2020
Why not use the klieg lights that are now blasting on Harris to push your client's position — even if the tactic is cheap?
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Justice Rolando Acosta | August 18, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the First Department has reduced the number of pending appeals (cases that have been argued but not yet decided) to zero for the first time in our history. However, we currently have a record number of perfected appeals for the September term.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Edward M. Spiro and Christopher B. Harwood | August 17, 2020
The named plaintiffs in a putative class action must offer affirmative evidence—beyond just the allegations in their complaint—sufficient to satisfy each of the elements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, write Edward M. Spiro and Christopher B. Harwood in their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup column.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jim Walden | August 14, 2020
We must have the will and the integrity to face the truth and try to make amends.
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