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 ...
New York’s ethics watchdog ruled constitutional by state’s top court
New York’s top court affirmed the constitutionality of an ethics watchdog created three years ago to stem public corruption, ...
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New York City argues for noncitizen voting law before state’s top court
New York’s top court has been asked to reverse a ruling against a law that would allow noncitizens to vote in New York City ...
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Judicial Ruling Affirms Power of New York’s Ethics Commission
New York’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government will retain its enforcement power the Court of Appeals has ruled, dealing a blow to ...
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Justice Department asks court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
NEW YORK — The Justice Department under President Trump has formally asked a court to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, an expected move after that was fiercely ...
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'Landmark' New York Commission Set to Study Overburdened, Under-Resourced Family Courts
As part of its push to improve the distressed Family Court system, New York court leaders unveiled a new Permanent Commission on Justice for Families. The "landmark" panel of more than 50 members ...
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New York’s top court hears arguments on sexual abuse lawsuit standards
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Lawyers sparred before New York’s top court Wednesday over how specific a man alleging sexual abuse decades ago needs to be in his lawsuit against the state in a case that ...
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Supreme Court Signals That Landmark Libel Ruling Is Secure
Attacked by two justices, lower-court judges and litigants, the 1964 ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan keeps getting cited approvingly in the Supreme Court’s decisions. By Adam Liptak ...
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Louisiana begins fight to extradite New York doctor in landmark abortion pills case
Louisiana's top prosecutor has started the protracted process to have indicted New York doctor Margaret ... herself to the state of Louisiana” to face charges, court records show.
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Appeals Court Upholds Injunction on Iowa’s State-Level Immigration Enforcement Law
A lower court had blocked the Republican-backed law that made it a state crime to enter Iowa after ... a significant shift in New York City’s sanctuary policies. ‘My Brother Is Not a Criminal ...
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Who is Danielle Sassoon, the acting US attorney in New York who quit amid directive to drop Eric Adams corruption case?
She went on to clerk for ... late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative. She was a litigation lawyer at a Washington law firm and an adjunct professor at New York University law ...
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New York
A New York state official said that whatever the Trump administration intends, the state will fight in court to preserve congestion pricing. ABC News’ Aaron Katersky reports ahead of the key ...