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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Columbia Law School Delays Exams Amid Protests and Police Activity

"This has been a trying day, amidst a trying two weeks, and the crisis on campus has left no member of our community unaffected," Columbia Law Dean Gillian Lester wrote in a letter late Tuesday.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Law Day

Leaders of the bench and bar discuss civic engagement and what lawyers can do to promote and protect democracy.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Trumped Up Charges: Unraveling the Unfairness of Political Prosecution

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has wrongfully prosecuted a criminal justice reform advocate, an NYPD officer, and a former Republican President of the United States, for seemingly political reasons, a Law Journal contributor writes.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Declining Presence of Lawyers in Elected Office: A Trend to Be Reversed

The decline in lawyers serving in legislatures has been driven in part by economics and changes in the legal profession as significant financial incentives exist for lawyers to practice law rather than run for office, a former president of the New York State Bar Association writes.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Smith, Gambrell & Russell Grows Real Estate, International Practices in New York

The Atlanta-based firm added a pair of real estate attorneys and combined with a small firm focused on representing German businesses in the U.S.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Adultery, Fault Divorce, and Morals: A Complex Cocktail

If fault divorce in New York is hardly ever deployed, does any of this really matter? Yes, it does. First, as divorce lawyers, we should not applaud a system that allows for even the remote possibility of a fault-based divorce claim being used as a weapon that can, in turn, wreak havoc on a family, not to mention unnecessarily escalate legal fees.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Prosecuted for a Proffer

A recent development in the corruption prosecution of Senator Robert Menendez should set off alarm bells in the white-collar defense bar. While prosecutors have often sought to use statements made by counsel against defendants, bringing criminal charges against a client based on information conveyed during an attorney proffer is unprecedented.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Weight of Evidence, Preservation, Third Department Joins Second, Fourth (and First)

The Third Department, in 'Fitzpatrick v. Tvetenstrand', has now adopted 'Evans' and 'Defisher'. It also logically reads the First Department's decision, 'Sims v. Comprehensive Community Development', abrogated by 'Ornstein v. New York City Health and Hospitals', as also so holding.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Saving Our Republic

Bar associations and a variety of civic groups across the country are working overtime to preserve our democratic norms and the rule of law—and these efforts are deep and broad.
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May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

How New York Selects and Elects Its Judges

Understanding how elections work is essential to any basic understanding of how democracies function. But New Yorkers, in my experience, know very little about how judges are chosen in our state, even though most people appreciate that the courts have a profound impact on their lives.
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