Sign in to follow
Search Results

0 results for 'Acosta'

You can use to get even better search results
February 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

How To Modernize an Appellate Court in Five Years

"With a heavy heart, I announce that I will be stepping down on March 17. While I love this job, I look forward to pursuing other interests and passions, being unconstrained by my status as a judge and again able to engage in the private practice of law and in robust discussions over the role of the judiciary in defending democracy."
10 minute read
January 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The New Pre-Argument Conference at the Appellate Division, First Department

Over the last 10 years, the Appellate Division, First Department, has developed what is called the pre-argument conference, or "conference before the conference"—what the authors describe as a "unique and forward-looking procedure that has not only improved productivity at the court but also enabled judges to be laser-focused in oral arguments."
7 minute read
January 25, 2023 | New York Law Journal

First Department Reinstates Racial Discrimination Claim by Black Former Manager at Famed Carlo's Bakery

The reinstatement of the state law and city law-based claim comes despite the plaintiff apparently mislabeling her lawsuit's discrimination cause of action as one rooted in a "hostile workplace," when her complaint describes a single incident and a next-day firing.
6 minute read
January 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Revival of American Democracy?

Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, writes: To remain hopeful for the future of our fragile system means to remain vigilant and do everything we can as citizens to protect democracy and engender reverence for it in others.
7 minute read
January 11, 2023 | New York Law Journal

First Department Rejects Gibson Dunn's Attempt to Stop Traverse Hearing in Suit Seeking $325K in Legal Fees

Gibson Dunn's lawsuit filed in 2016 alleges that several individual defendants are liable based on theories of alter ego and piercing the corporate veil after a judgment for outstanding fees was entered against former client Be In, Inc.
6 minute read
Law Journal Press | Digital Book Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Rules 2024 Authors: View this Book

View more book results for the query "Acosta"

January 03, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Disrespect for Constitutional Process Damages Democracy

To remain hopeful for the future of our fragile system means to remain vigilant and do everything we can as citizens to protect democracy and engender reverence for it in others.
7 minute read
December 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Veteran NY Estate Planning Lawyer, Convicted in $4.8M Fraudulent Credit Letters Scheme, Is Disbarred

As part of the lawyer's federal guilty plea, he also admitted to misappropriating $316,699 in client funds from his attorney escrow account during the scheme, according to the Appellate Division, First Department court.
6 minute read
December 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Charges: Georgia Deputies Assaulted Police Shooting Suspect

Investigators allege they hit Vernon Cratic in the face and stomach while Cratic was handcuffed and riding in an elevator at the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in Augusta. Investigators say Cratic was also slammed against an exterior wall while handcuffed and being walked into the building.
2 minute read
November 07, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Punished for Speaking Their Minds': Phila. Lawyers Home In on College Over Freedom of Speech

"You can't fire professors simply for exercising their First Amendment rights," attorney Josh Bleisch said. "How much more taxpayer money is [college President Neil] Matkin going to throw away before he gets the message?"
4 minute read
November 07, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

'Punished for Speaking Their Minds': Lawyers Home In on College Over Freedom of Speech

"You can't fire professors simply for exercising their First Amendment rights," attorney Josh Bleisch said. "How much more taxpayer money is [college President Neil] Matkin going to throw away before he gets the message?"
4 minute read

TRENDING STORIES

    More from ALM

    More from ALM

    Legal Speak is a weekly podcast that makes sense of what’s happening in the legal industry.

    Resources