Author: Jennifer

Privilege, Waiver and Good Faith: False Claims Act Defense After Schutte

You are an in-house lawyer in a highly regulated industry. You do your best to interpret the complex regulations governing your company’s business with the federal government, but some of those regulations are unclear – some of them even conflict with each other. Is the business insulated from liability under the False Claims Act (FCA) … Continued

A Lesson for Notaries: Never Take Shortcuts

To the Forum: I am a young attorney named Iam Abel. I opened Abel Law in 2020. I hired my twin sibling, Sheis Cane, as my paralegal. Sheis Cane also took the bar but failed. One of the first cases that I signed up was Maybie Tomorrow’s personal injury case in March 2020. Cane conducted … Continued

‘Titan of Justice’ Judge Edwina Richardson Honored By New York State Bar Association’s Women in Law Section

The New York State Bar Association honored New York State’s Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Edwina Richardson with its Ruth G. Schapiro Award during its House of Delegates at the association’s Annual Meeting in New York City on Friday Jan. 20. “I am so deeply grateful,” Judge Richardson said as she received the award. “This honor … Continued

Sorry HAL, You Cannot Be an Author: How Much AI Is Too Much?

Recently, the U.S. Copyright Office took an unusual step when it requested “additional information” from Kristina Kashtanova about her registered work titled “Zarya of the Dawn.”[1] The Copyright Office learned from a reporter that Kashtanova made statements on her social media that the images in the work were produced using artificial intelligence (AI) and determined … Continued

Decision and Dissent: NYS Court of Appeals Ruling on Redistricting

Host David Miranda is joined by political strategist Liz Benjamin and law professor Vin Bonventre to analyze the recent decision by the NYS Court of Appeals on how the state of New York draws its congressional district boundaries. “New York’s highest court is a 4-3 decision in Hoffman v New York State Independent Redistricting Commission, … Continued

New York State Bar Association Commends Gov. Hochul and Legislature For Taking Significant Step Toward Justice and Equality

Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement about Gov. Kathy Hochul signing a law creating a commission that will study reparations for slavery: “The New York State Bar Association supports studying the disparities in wealth between whites and people of color. We believe that because of the shameful … Continued