New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | May 8, 2023
A court of last resort is more like an elegant boutique than an all-purposes/all-products department store.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Henry M. Greenberg | April 25, 2023
The current court is a triumph of the merit selection process that New Yorkers voted for in 1977. The process has produced seven judges with diverse backgrounds, vast experience, and exceptional credentials.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Erik Kristensen | April 18, 2023
New York provides some of the most comprehensive protections for transgender individuals in the nation, which it looks to continue expanding. It is, therefore, unexpectedly disturbing to witness the reluctance of the state Legislature to provide effective protection for transgender youth threatened and harmed by the tsunami of anti-transgender legislation being enacted in many states.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen and Gerald B. Lefcourt | April 13, 2023
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has chosen to venture significantly beyond using the bare-bones indictment. Accordingly, while did he file a spartan Trump indictment, contemporaneously he filed a 13-page "Statement of Facts" that was made available to the public.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Sol Wachtler | April 12, 2023
Putting New York's court system on the chopping block in its war with the governor to wrest power for the "progressive" wing of the Democratic Party is destructive and dangerous, a former chief judge of the Court of Appeals writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Jerry H. Goldfeder | April 7, 2023
Various supporters and detractors of Trump have already opined that this is a weak case, or unprecedented, or that the connection between falsifying business records and campaign finance violations is a stretch. An elections lawyer who is a regular Law Journal contributor thinks they are wrong.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Melinda Katz | April 4, 2023
Studies show that most adult drivers are too impaired to drive safely with a BAC of .05 percent because, even at that level, crucial driving skills — like coordination, and the ability to steer, track moving objects, and effectively respond to emergency situations — are diminished.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | April 4, 2023
Federal and state legislators who vote on judicial nominees should indeed ask hard questions of nominees, white-collar defense attorney Joel Cohen writes. Unquestionably, though, those tough questions are often irrelevant to the decisions that the judiciary committee members will make.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Felipe Alexandre | March 27, 2023
It is imperative to recognize that immigrants often fill important roles in various sectors of the economy and play a vital role in boosting economic growth, an immigration attorney writes.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Linda J. Kostin | March 21, 2023
Our Family Courts will not be able to function without the representation of children provided by panel AFC.
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