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
The New York State Bar Association’s 147th Annual Meeting, which will be held from Jan. 16 to 20 at the Hilton Midtown in New York City, promises to be a dynamic and informative event. Experts in a multitude of fields will gather to tackle the biggest challenges facing the legal profession – including artificial intelligence, … Continued
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson will receive the New York State Bar Association’s Gold Medal Award, its highest honor, at the association’s black-tie Presidential Gala Jan. 18 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. “Jeh has been a leader in diversity, equity and inclusion,” said Richard Lewis, president of the … Continued
Left to Right: Hon. Shira Scheindlin, Tracee E. Davis, Hon. Andrea Masley and Commercial & Federal Litigation Section Chair Anne Sekel. Tracee Davis, partner at Seyfarth Shaw, was recently honored with the Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom. The New York State Bar Association’s Commercial & Federal Litigation Section presented the … Continued
Beyond Sandy Hook: The Intersection of Disinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and Gun Violence is a free event at 1 p.m. Jan. 10 featuring New York Times journalist and author Elizabeth Williamson and Sandy Hook attorney Monte Frank. Williamson is the author of Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth. This discussion will focus … Continued
The New York State Bar Association is participating in an innovative effort to match pro bono lawyers with residents of Israel who need legal assistance as a result of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and the subsequent ongoing war. The New York State Bar Association collaborated with the Israel Bar Association, led by Adv. … Continued
Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association, issued the following statement about Gov. Kathy Hochul’s veto of a bill that would have repealed Judiciary Law Section 470: “We are both dismayed and confused by the governor’s veto of the repeal of a law that requires out-of-state attorneys to have in-state offices. Remote … Continued
Earlier this year, X, formerly known as Twitter, sent Meta a cease-and-desist letter accusing it of hiring former X employees and using those employees to learn the trade secrets behind X’s platform.[1] Meta was developing its new Threads platform, which would compete directly with X. The focus of the accusations was Meta’s alleged misappropriation of … Continued
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
Richard Lewis, president of the New York State Bar Association, released the following statement about the New York Unified Court System’s announcement that it has added new components to its continued efforts to combat bias and identity-based hate, adding new training programs to address antisemitism, hate crimes, and Islamophobia. “In the face of a disturbing … Continued