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By Colleen Murphy | December 14, 2023
"The goal of the pilot program is to make the courts more efficient and cut down on governmental waste," Sen. Vince Polistina said in a statement on the bill. "However, requiring the central municipal court to handle these cases without the corresponding revenue has become unnecessarily burdensome and costly."
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By Brian Lee | December 13, 2023
One measure would end the century-old requirement that attorneys either live in or have an office in New York to practice in the state, while another calls on the new court administration to require that criminal court judges receive annual training on ever-changing bail laws.
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By Alex Anteau | December 11, 2023
"While [the state Supreme Court's] decision means we do not need to move forward with this current legal challenge, we know some at the state Capitol have already signaled they plan to try again," DeKalb County DA Sherry Boston said.
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By Cheryl Miller | December 9, 2023
An eight-term congressman from the San Joaquin Valley, Jerry McNerney is running for a Stockton-area state Senate seat that's been the center of political maneuvering the last few days.
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By Brian Lee | December 7, 2023
Although the hospital no longer exists, Greenberg said his attorneys will pursue the award from the Cohoes Memorial Hospital Foundation sole asset, the property on which the hospital sat.
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By Linda M. Jackson and Brian Farkas | December 7, 2023
New York state is poised to enact a radical change to its employment laws: the elimination of all noncompetition agreements. A sweeping bill passed by the state Legislature in June 2023 now awaits signature from Governor Kathy Hochul, who is considering the measure. Although well-intentioned, this legislation is deeply misguided. The governor would be wise to reject it.
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By Scott M. Smiler and Dominic P. Notti | December 7, 2023
The Ann Street parking garage collapse in April has lead to new regulations for New York City parking structures. This article discusses these new regulations and what landlords, building owners and boards need to know about the increased scrutiny and the tight deadlines they will need to meet.
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By Alan Kolod and Eric Marcus | December 6, 2023
Alan Kolod and Eric Marcus, members of the subcommittee of the NYC Bar Association committee that helped prepare the New York version of the 2022 UCC Amendments, share their views on the importance of New York enacting the new proposed amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code.
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By Amy Guthrie | December 4, 2023
A councilman in the southern city of Porto Alegre revealed, after his colleagues passed the ordinance, that artificial intelligence had crafted the proposal.
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By Allison Dunn | December 1, 2023
"We find that Doe waived his claims of confidentiality under the Act by voluntarily and publicly disclosing his private health information in a public trial, and the qualified protective order under HIPAA did not preclude such waiver," Justice P. Scott Neville Jr., wrote.
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