The Justices of the Appellate Division are back for the Fall 2018 session. Although the color of the leaves change in the fall, nothing has changed for the four Appellate Division departments as they continue to churn out words of wisdom and legal scholarship. Below are some examples. Enjoy!

First Department

Human Rights Law. Does the New York City Human Rights Law’s (NYCHRL) prohibition of discrimination based on “actual or perceived … marital status” encompass discrimination based on the identity of a person’s spouse? Noting that this was an issue of first impression, the First Department in Morse v. Fidessa, 2018 N.Y. Slip Op. 05975 (1st Dep’t Sept. 6, 2018), answered in the affirmative.