New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Irwin S. Izen | June 5, 2023
As property owners mount challenges to laws prohibiting short-term rentals, it will be up to the Constitution to balance the equities in both recognizing this evolving "home sharing" right and regulating it, a Suffolk County real estate attorney writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | June 5, 2023
Since human intelligence is finite in this world by its nature, and retired Judge Joseph W. Bellacosa is counting on humanity to once again defeat tech artificial intelligence, just as the Enlightenment turned out to be not so enlightened.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Harry Sandick and Nicole Scully | June 1, 2023
It has been common knowledge to criminal practitioners for years that a criminal defendant's sentence for a crime of which they have been convicted can be increased based on consideration of conduct that the jury acquitted. This outcome can make a partial acquittal in federal court into a pyrrhic victory.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | May 30, 2023
The jury room is different than what might take place during an informal conversation among acquaintances at a Starbucks. In court, we're not allowed to make the type of judgments we make about people and their motivations at Starbucks.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By John Bandler | May 25, 2023
Critics are deeply skeptical and have expressed fears that the Russian proposal is a smoke screen to help allow it and others to further their totalitarian propaganda aims and block dissent at home and abroad, a former prosecutor writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Mark A. Behrens | May 24, 2023
Earlier this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed controversial legislation that would have dramatically increased liability in the Empire State, undermining…
By Gerald Lebovits and Jabari Matthew | May 24, 2023
The latest edition of Goldfeder's Modern Election Law is an essential and accessible edition that continues, with new co-authors, Jerry Goldfeder's ability to bring clarity to the complexities of New York election law without sacrificing substance, a Manhattan judge writes in this review.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Norman A. Olch | May 24, 2023
The death on the floor of a subway car of a homeless man suffering mental health issues is a very sad chapter in New York City history and the conduct of all involved is rightly subject to public scrutiny and debate, an appellate attorney writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Ronald McGuire | May 23, 2023
Lethal force can only be used in self defense if a person reasonably believes that lethal force is necessary to protect that person or another person from an imminent threat of grave harm, an attorney writes in response to a recent letter to the editor published in the Law Journal.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Elliott B. Jacobson | May 19, 2023
Santos has already conceded that he committed theft and that he fabricated significant aspects of his resume, the very resume upon which donors relied when contributing to his campaign and upon which voters relied when casting their ballots for him, a former prosecutor writes.
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