Author: Brendan

Jury Trials Resume in NYC

Good evening Members, In her weekly coronavirus address, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said the state court system was resuming a limited number of in-person civil jury trials in New York City this week. Five trials are scheduled for Kings County, four in Richmond County and two in Bronx County. Beginning next week Queens County and … Continued

NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith Doesn’t Stick To Sports

With reports of an outbreak with the Tennessee Titans, the testing protocols and contact tracing program are now under the microscope. During his interview with Miranda Warnings host David Miranda, a former NYSBA president, Smith says the protocols the NFLPA put in place for its contact tracing program are firmly grounded in science and the best public health practices for preventing the spread of the virus determined to date.

NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith Doesn’t Stick to Sports | Miranda Warnings

Smith discusses the role NFL players can take within their communities by getting involved in the political process as well as some of the tangible things players have negotiated with NFL owners including using several NFL stadiums as polling sites, giving the players off on Election Day and how proud he is of players continuing to find ways to protest.

Modern Government is Under Legal Assault with Cass Sunstein | Miranda Warnings

Cass Sunstein, founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy at Harvard Law School joins David to talk about how the structure of modern government is under legal assault, the eight ways Rule of Law fails and what can be done to transform the Department of Justice into a more independent agency.