NYSBA President Scott M. Karson Sees A Year of Progress and Action Ahead
2021 is only a month old, but it has already been a year of progress and action.
2021 is only a month old, but it has already been a year of progress and action.
Jeh Johnson, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, believes the findings of his recent independent review of the New York State Court System and its response to systemic racism should be considered within the wider national history of racial violence that erupted recently in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. “The harsh reality, which became … Continued
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With tremendous progress for transgender people and the transgender community in recent years, tremendous challenges have also come to light. Understanding these challenges is essential for lawyers to provide competent representation to their transgender clients. Pronouns, poverty and parentage were up for discussion on the Family Law Section’s Annual Meeting program, “Transgender Parents/Transgender Children: Sensitivity, … Continued
The New York State Bar Association’s new LGBTQ Law Section held a meet and greet on Jan. 25 during the NYSBA Annual Meeting, virtually bringing together nearly 100 of the section’s 250 members.
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