The New York State Bar Association honored two Capital Region legal champions with the Howard A. Levine Award for Excellence in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare — Justice Elizabeth A. Garry, presiding justice of the New York State Appellate Division, Third Department, and Rensselaer County child advocate Douglas Broda. The award recognizes vital work undertaken … Continued
Some of the greatest opinions in Supreme Court history are dissents.[1] To be sure, Justice John Marshall Harlan’s lone dissenting opinion in Plessy v. Ferguson would be included in any “greatest” list. Protesting the majority’s separate-but-equal doctrine, Harlan insisted that “[o]ur Constitution is color-blind and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.” As every law … Continued
The New York State Bar Association has launched a task force to make recommendations on how New York should regulate virtual currencies and digital assets and advise the association what the new technology can do for its operations. “The rapid growth of the metaverse/Web3 and the digital economy present a confluence of issues for lawyers,” … Continued
Miranda Warnings is back in the studio for a new edgy podcast debating all things courts and politics in New York State. Host David Miranda, past president and general counsel of the New York State Bar Association, referees the verbal jabs between Albany Law professor Vin Bonventre and veteran political reporter and strategist Liz Benjamin. … Continued
Local attorneys, prosecutors, judges, law professors and journalists will participate in a New York Fair Trial/Free Press event at Albany Law School that is co-sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and the NYSBA Committee on Media Law. The conference is coordinated by Albany Law School and will be held on Thursday Sept. 22 … Continued
In financial circles, summer 2022 will go down in history as the summer of the crypto crash – a moment of reckoning for a once high-flying industry when a toxic combination of overheated growth, speculation and risk resulted in crippling losses for thousands of investors. Crypto naysayers are engaged in a series of “I told … Continued
In DCH Auto v. Town of Mamaroneck, the New York State Court of Appeals unanimously reversed the Appellate Division, Second Department, and held that a “net lessee contractually obligated to pay the real estate taxes of the subject property is included within the meaning of ‘the person whose property is assessed’ under [Real Property Tax … Continued
Starting your own business can be simultaneously exciting and nerve-racking. It requires careful planning and commitment to get off to a good start. We’ll walk you step by step through all the essential steps to launch a successful law firm in the Digital Age. Choose your practice area When choosing an area of law to … Continued
In the year preceding the 2006 housing crash, home prices in 40% of metro areas experienced a spike of more than 10%. That proved to be unsustainable, and what followed was a years-long recession and the collapse of the housing market. Last year, 2021, was twice as extreme. Eighty percent of metro areas saw the … Continued
Sherry Levin Wallach, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement about the Department of Justice’s response to plaintiff John Fitisemanu, a resident of American Samoa, who sued the federal government over its denial of citizenship to those born in the U.S. territory: “The New York State Bar Association is disappointed … Continued