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NYSBA Commends Governor For Signing Less Is More Act
New York State Bar Association President T. Andrew Brown today applauded Gov. Kathy Hochul for signing the Less is More Act - a vitally important piece of reform legislation that will end reincarceration for individuals alleged to have committed technical…
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NYSBA Forges Alliance With Georgian Bar Association
As part of its mission to forge relationships, advance justice and strengthen the legal profession across the world, the New York State Bar Association entered a collaboration with the Georgian Bar Association today. Two representatives from each bar association met…
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NYSBA Task Force To Address Racism, Social Equity and the Law
The New York State Bar Association has launched a comprehensive new task force that will examine how structural racism permeates and influences all aspects of daily life leading to injustice and inequality among New Yorkers.
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Puff Puff Passing Off: Chronic Trademark Issues in the Cannabis Industry
Until federal law is revised to allow provisions for legal cannabis, or the Lanham Act specifically addresses its inconsistencies, the ability to protect trademarks for cannabis is limited.
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Why All Lawyers Should Care About Education
It is important to remember as we get back to educating our citizens this fall that the fate of our education system should matter to everyone, and the dire consequences of a failing system impact us all, including our members…
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What Lawyers Need to Know About Vaccine Mandates
There is no question that an employer can mandate vaccinations, but the devil is in the details and there are pitfalls to avoid. Last week, President Biden issued a sweeping vaccine mandate for all federal workers, as well as a…
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Attorney Quandary: Is it Ethical To Advise a Client in Violation of Federal Cannabis Law?
A panel of four attorneys, all veterans of the practice of cannabis law, offered their opinions, experience and best practices in the steadily evolving field as part of the New York State Bar Association’s continuing legal education programing on Thursday. …
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NYSBA Launches Task Force To Help Shape the Future of the Legal Profession
The New York State Bar Association is launching a Task Force on the Post-Pandemic Future of the Profession to study how the practice of law has changed dramatically as a result of COVID-19 and to suggest new ways of doing…
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Weekly Testing in NYS Courts Begins Today
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced in her biweekly address that mandatory weekly COVID-19 testing for judges and non-judicial employees, without proof of vaccination, begins today.
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Second Circuit Reverses Fair Use Decision—Holds Warhol Foundation Infringed Lynn Goldsmith’s Photo as a Matter of Law
in a much-anticipated decision, the Second Circuit reversed the Southern District of New York decision, which found that Andy Warhol’s creation of 16 silkscreen prints and pencil illustrations of the musical artist Prince, which was based upon a 1981 photograph…
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