The U.S. Supreme Court this week did not grant certiorari – declined to hear – a controversial case questioning the constitutionality of the state of New York’s concealed carry law At issue: The Empire State’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which added new restrictions on gun use after the Supreme Court’s earlier decision in the Bruen … Continued
Domenick Napoletano, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement today condemning the administration’s latest threat to the legal profession: “A fundamental principle of our American legal system is that attorneys have a duty to be vigorous advocates for their clients. This ensures that all persons involved in our legal system … Continued
Domenick Napoletano, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement today condemning threats to judges: “In his end of the year report on the state of the federal judiciary last year, Chief Justice John Roberts warned: ‘A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.’ As we hear reports again … Continued
Domenick Napoletano, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement about the Trump administration’s retaliation against lawyers who represent causes the president does not like: “The Executive Orders attacking lawyers and law firms for doing their jobs – which include representing any cause the president doesn’t like — threaten to upend … Continued
Justice Mark Dillon of the New York State Supreme Court, Second Judicial Department, agreed to spend an hour discussing the New York bar examination with the co-chairs of NYSBA’s Committee on Legal Education and Admission To The Bar, Suzanne Darrow-Kleinhaus and David R. Marshall, who co-authored the feature article in the Fall 2024 issue of … Continued
A federal judge in the Eastern District of New York last week released a redacted version of her order declaring that government spying on a New York City resident by a domestic intelligence agency, based on its review of a National Security Agency database, without a warrant, was unconstitutional. Judge LaShann Moutique DeArcy Hall wrote … Continued
As of Jan. 29, 2025, the requirement to report beneficial ownership information to the United States Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is on hold and enforcement is stayed. The CTA was enacted in 2021 by Congress as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal … Continued
The U.S. Supreme Court is assessing arguments for and against a Texas law that requires subscribers of sites with sexually explicit content to provide proof that they are of age. Counsel for both sides, including the solicitor general of the state of Texas, appeared on Jan. 15 at the Court in Washington D.C. in the … Continued
During a “fireside chat” at the New York State Bar Association’s gala dinner last week, Thomas Susman suggested to Associate Justice Stephen Breyer that the U.S. Supreme Court is pursuing “a dangerous path by taking on a lot of cases that provoke strong political disagreements.” Susman was quoting from “The Authority of the Court and … Continued
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes last fall completely blocked X (formerly Twitter) from publishing in the country, after Elon Musk publicly refused to suspend some social media accounts the government there wanted shuttered. After much public posturing, Musk eventually relented. The judge then lifted the ban and X is online again, serving the … Continued