By Ira Brad Matetsky | May 14, 2024
A discussion of two recent Court of Appeals decisions interpreting the COVID-19 executive orders that tolled statutes of limitations.
By Jeffrey B. Steiner and Megan Vallerie | May 14, 2024
A seemingly tidy and fair solution to a very complicated problem, a deed in escrow gives a borrower additional time to sell or refinance its property while still giving the lender an efficient means to obtain the property if the borrower defaults anew. This is hardly a gift in New York though, where the oft-called "deed in a box" is almost always held to be unenforceable.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. | May 14, 2024
The Court of Appeals recently overturned the criminal conviction of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The majority opinion reversed a decision of the Appellate Division, First Department that had affirmed Weinstein's conviction. There were two strongly worded dissents by Judges Singas and Cannataro.
By New York Law Journal | May 14, 2024
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 13, 2024
(1) A full-time judge may serve as the administrator of a not-for-profit religious organization's food pantry, and may prepare the pantry's funding applications, but may not personally sign them. The judge must instead designate someone else from within the organization to sign the applications.
By Emily Saul | May 13, 2024
Cohen was paid $420,000 across 12 months in 2017, he testified. The payments were falsely billed as for "legal services rendered" and would be concealed given his new role as personal attorney to the president.
By Brian Lee | May 13, 2024
The New York Solicitor General's office filed a motion to leave to appeal the Third Department's unanimous determination that an ethics watchdog was created unlawfully.
By Jane Wester | May 13, 2024
Defense counsel Barry Berke said his client, Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang, didn't break the law in the run-up to the the collapse of a $36 billion investment fund.
By Brian Lee | May 13, 2024
"It's not a radical idea," said State Sen. Sean Ryan, D-Buffalo, of the bill's aim to ensure that the monies are distributed to support legal services.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Norman A. Olch | May 13, 2024
In an atmosphere with contentious public debate over whether U.S. Supreme Court justices are inappropriately sitting on certain cases—one of the reasons behind the declining public esteem for the Court—it is ironic that a judge of the Court of Appeals, early in her service, is criticized for recusing herself, a Law Journal contributor writes.
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