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State Bar Lobbies NY Lawmakers on Proposed Registration Fee Hike, Criminal Discovery
“There is no group on the planet this is more committed to indigent defense,” NYSBA president Michael Miller said. “But to tax lawyers, to have a discriminatory tax that's just lawyers, it's outrageous because this is a state constitutional obligation.”US Attorney McSwain Files Action to Stop Phila. Safe Injection Site
In a first-in-the-nation lawsuit, the U.S. Attorney's Office is seeking a declaratory judgment that says safe injection sites, where heroin users can inject the drug under the supervision of medical staff, violate provisions of the Controlled Substances Act.Streamlining the Authentication Process: Two New CPLR Article 45 Amendments
Evidence columnist Michael J. Hutter discusses two statutory provisions enacted by the Legislature in 2018 which address the authentication process concerning a certain type and category of offered evidence with the express intent to make the process easier as to that evidence.View more book results for the query "*"
The Gun Grenade in the Hands of the Supreme Court
In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn provides a brief background on Second Amendment jurisprudence, setting the foundation for his discussion of 'New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. City of New York', a case the Supreme Court recently accepted out of New York that threatens to curtail dramatically the ability of states and localities to regulate firearms. How the court decides this case may be a pivotal moment for public safety and constitutional jurisprudence.Va. AG Mark Herring Says He Wore Blackface at 1980 Party
Herring is the next in line to lead the state after embattled Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax.Cornell Law Review's New All-Women Board Speaks Volumes, Editor Says
Lauren Kloss, who was recently elected as the next editor-in-chief of the Cornell Law Review, said the election of an all-female executive board at the flagship journal of a top law school is the latest signal that women are edging toward parity in the legal profession.The Law of the Dead and the Rights of the Living: New York Needs Reform
Three legal issues especially highlight the troubling manner in which our nation cares for its dead. New York's lawyers have the ability to address each of them.Senate Starts Carrying Out Voter-Approved Vaping Ban
The Senate Innovation, Industry and Technology Committee backed a proposed bill that would carry out part of Amendment 9, a ballot measure that includes a ban on vaping in indoor workplaces.