Filter This View

  • August 12, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    The Court of Appeals' People v. LaValle decision invalidating New York's death penalty statute due to its jury deadlock instruction generated another harsh dissent in a death penalty ca

    1 minute read

  • June 8, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    Recent decisions of the Court of Appeals that we discuss in our column this month involved: whether and for what purposes clinical guidelines or algorithms may be admitted into evidence in a m

    1 minute read

  • February 9, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    This month we discuss the Court of Appeals' decisions in two criminal cases, one of which raises an evidentiary issue for civil as well as criminal actions, and the Court's resolution of a mat

    1 minute read

  • November 3, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    In recent decisions, the Court of Appeals held that property owners cannot take advantage of luxury decontrol from rent stabilization during a period in which they took advantage of J-51 tax incent

    1 minute read

  • December 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Court of Appeals Roundup

    Governor Eliot Spitzer's renomination of Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick to the Court of Appeals was confirmed by the Senate last week, as was widely expected. Judge Ciparick will serve throug

    1 minute read

  • April 8, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Municipal Liability for Lead Paint, Death Penalty

    This month we discuss two recent Court of Appeals decisions. One addressed the circumstances in which a municipality that is not the owner of a building may be held liable to building resident

    1 minute read

  • April 8, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Cozen O'Connor Adds Wolf Block Attorneys As news broke last month of Wolf Block's dissolution, it was widely said that Cozen O'Connor would pick up the bulk

    1 minute read

  • September 19, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Bar Groups Urge Paterson to Veto Civil Jury Bill Bernice K. Leber, president of the New York State Bar Association, yesterday urged Governor David A. Paters

    1 minute read

  • March 2, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    News In Brief

    New Administrative Judge Named for Seventh District Judge Craig J. Doran (a href="http://nycourts.law.com/cpnylj/judgeprofile.asp?JP=1154" target="new"

    1 minute read

  • February 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    Governor David A. Paterson appointed a newcomer to the Court of Appeals, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, Jonathan Lippman, to succeed Chief Judge Judith S.

    1 minute read