Ripple effects from the Eric Adams case may highlight the power of Trump’s DOJ
Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, faces a federal indictment for public corruption, but Emil Bove, acting head of the DOJ, ...
Hochul’s past, revisited
In the past 10 days, President Donald Trump’s administration has sued New York over its license law and attempted to revoke ...
Panel of Court of Appeals Observers Weigh in on Discrimination Claims, Click-Wrap Assent, and Weinstein
Harris Beach Murtha partner Lisa LeCours, a retired chief clerk and legal counsel to the Court of Appeals, was one of three ...
Deranged vagrant slashes NYC store clerk with machete, tries to torch him in gum dispute — while out with no bail
Joaquin Hidalgo already had four open assault cases in the Big Apple when cops said he flipped out at a Brooklyn discount ...
Trump Wants Eric Adams’ Charges to Go Away. This Biden-Nominated Judge Gets the Final Say
Ho, who argued against Trump’s first administration twice before the U.S. Supreme Court, is summoning the parties, including ...
Judge Orders Mississippi Newspaper to Remove Editorial, Alarming Press Advocates
The owner of The Clarksdale Press Register said he planned to challenge a judge’s order against an editorial that criticized ...
Dorothy Chin Brandt, Trailblazing Asian American Judge, Dies at 78
She was the first descendant of a Chinese immigrant to win elective office in New York State. She was also the state’s first ...
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Republican had no right to bring lawsuit challenging mobile voting
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a Republican Party official lacked the standing to bring a lawsuit that challenges ...
What to Make of the DOJ’s Attempt to Strong-Arm Its Prosecutors Into Dismissing the Eric Adams Charges
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Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
She was appointed as the interim U.S. Attorney for the district on Jan. 21 and had not brought the initial charges against ...
Who is Danielle Sassoon? Top Manhattan prosecutor quits after DOJ orders Adams charges dropped
Danielle Sassoon, a Republican who was interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced her resignation in an email to her staff after being ordered by the Justice Department to ...
NY Court Clerks Challenge Financial Disclosure Requirements
A New York court system requirement that senior and associate clerks file financial disclosures for 2023 is arbitrary and capricious, the court clerk’s union says in a petition seeking to enjoin the ...