“After six hundred years of lawsuits caused by language atrocities, a terrible suspicion is born. Maybe the lawyers don’t understand each other.”[1] David Mellinkoff, late Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law, is best known for authoring a series of books that decried the use of impenetrable language by lawyers and which contributed to … Continued
Today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is a triumph on several levels, the most significant of which is the extension of legal protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants across the nation, also known as ‘Dreamers.’
In January 2020, the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, issued a decision in United States v. Varner,[1] that a federal court cannot require litigants, judges, court personnel or anyone else to refer to litigants using pronouns matching their gender identity. In the Varner decision, the Fifth Circuit sets forth three bases to support … Continued
Municipalities cannot regulate heat, humidity and bugs but they can regulate restaurants not complying with outdoor dining guidelines as part of New York’s phased reopening.
On June 13, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.41. On June 15, 2020, the Governor also issued Executive Order 202.42. Both Executive Orders invoke new powers from a law passed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic to temporarily suspend or modify laws necessary to assist or aid in coping with a declared State disaster … Continued
The New York State Bar Association has long championed the premise that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity should not be permissible as a matter of federal law.
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has approved a report from the NYSBA Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession that recommends amending the mandatory continuing legal education rule to require one credit in cybersecurity. The credit would be included within the “Ethics and Professionalism” category and would not add to the minimum 24-hour … Continued
The updated study determined that – despite some minimal and encouraging gains made by women attorneys over the past three years – the profession has much more to do to address professional imbalances among the sexes.
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) has approved a report from the NYSBA Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession that recommends amending the mandatory continuing legal education rule to require one credit in cybersecurity.
“I have come to realize that leadership requires that we confront the world as it is, not what we wish it was,” said Karson.