With the passage of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act in 2021, municipalities across New York State faced a new reality: recreational marijuana would be legal throughout the state. This sea change naturally caused hesitation among many local governments as they grappled with having to protect the best interests of their communities while adhering to … Continued
In this age of instant access to all forms of information and the resulting personal security concerns, courts are called upon to balance the privacy rights of citizens constitutionally called to duty as jurors in a criminal case against the right of fellow citizens to invade their privacy under the Constitution and common law.1 In 2018, I represented the … Continued
Approximately 10 minutes elapsed from the time MV Dali, a container ship, lost power on the night of March 26, 2024 to the moment it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. One can imagine the frantic efforts that went on during that period: to get the power on the ship restored; to slow … Continued
Four years ago, when a New York jury convicted Harvey Weinstein of rape, the #MeToo movement hailed the verdict as long-overdue justice for a producer who had a reputation in the movie industry as a sexual predator. But now that New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, has overturned that conviction on grounds that … Continued
The case of People v. Harvey Weinstein1 has attracted much attention because Weinstein was a “mogul” in the movie industry charged with sex crimes against actors, but the case will ultimately be remembered for its impact on the law of evidence. The Court of Appeals reaffirmed traditional limits on the introduction of evidence of a … Continued
Spouses who are or have been subjected to domestic abuse by their spouses (or ex-spouses) may find themselves dealing with threatening notices from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the state taxing authorities seeking to collect tax from them for understatements or underpayments of tax on joint returns previously filed with the abusing spouse. Fortunately, … Continued
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NYSBA President Hank Greenberg issued the following statement on the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico: “Thousands of our fellow American citizens in Puerto Rico continue to suffer at the hands of Mother Nature. The island, which is still recovering from the ravages of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, was rocked this week by two powerful … Continued