With the current death toll in America from COVID-19 at 425,000 and climbing, Dr. Irwin Redlener says hundreds of thousands of those deaths were “unnecessary.”
hould nations tax tech companies on profits they earn in that country, even if the companies don’t have a physical location there?
The recently named acting commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been very public about her desire to have antitrust enforcement become antiracists. While on maternity leave this summer Rebecca Kelly Slaughter made her personal opinion known in a public Twitter thread that sparked further discussion about equity within the antitrust community.
Rochester native Conor Dwyer Reynolds is the first executive director of Rochester’s new Police Accountability Board. Reynolds, a Yale Law School lecturer and just 30 years old when confirmed to the position late last year by the City Council, was a featured panelist during the Annual Meeting program of NYSBA’s Task Force on Racial Injustice … Continued
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, a partner at Paul, Weiss in New York City, will be the keynote speaker at a “virtual lunch” held by the New York State Bar Association’s Judicial Section from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, the final day of the association’s two-week Annual Meeting. Chief … Continued
Good evening Members, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore devoted a large portion of her weekly coronavirus update today to acknowledge the New York State Bar Association’s Annual Meeting and thank the state bar “and all of the lawyers across the state who have shown such incredible resilience and ingenuity in serving their clients during the pandemic.” … Continued
Since being sworn in as the 46th president, Joe Biden has signed several executive orders. Of particular note to New York State Bar Association members are actions on immigration, student loans, the environment and combatting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. Immigration – DACA: The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) … Continued
Scott M. Karson, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement in response to President Joseph Biden’s executive order lifting restrictions on transgender military service members: “Today we celebrate a decision that brings us another step closer to a stronger and more inclusive armed forces. The New York State Bar Association … Continued
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The esteemed panel for the event will showcase one of the nation’s top constitutional law scholars, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, and Irwin Redlener, a pediatrician, public health activist, author, academic and advisor. Liz Benjamin, managing director of Marathon Strategies in Albany, will moderate the discussion.