Above The Law

MARCH 26, 2025

government can punish lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients or punish judges who rule certain ways. From American Bar Association : We support the right of people to advance their interests in courts of law when they have been wronged. We reject the notion that the U.S.

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Above The Law

APRIL 11, 2025

By keeping a few strategies in mind, lawyers who manage smaller law firms can help ensure better outcomes during difficult economic periods. Stay On Top Of Invoices During good economic times, lawyers at smaller firms may not send out invoices promptly at the end of the month. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothman.law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 16, 2025

Not only because it showed Agnifilo was just pulling defenses out of his ass, but at that moment “Rap Mogul Stocks More Baby Oil In Private Home Than Global Bulk Seller” became a potentially legitimate New York Times headline! Diddy recently got a new lawyer to defend him — and he goes by the name Brian Steel.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices, and we’re highlighting their top five tips here. This week, the spotlight is on immigration and divorce lawyer — and social media star — Marina Shepelsky. .

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Every so often, new lawyers ask me for advice on how they can best succeed in the legal profession. I usually give young lawyers a few strategies, including how they should work at a stable law firm, develop a specialty, and build connections that can help them originate business.

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2022

A group of journalists and lawyers sued the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday for illegally spying on them and violating their Fourth Amendment rights under the US Constitution while visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The group filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices, and we’re highlighting their top five tips here. This week, the spotlight is on immigration and divorce lawyer — and social media star — Marina Shepelsky.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hochul is diverting money from legal aid for low-income New Yorkers. The post New York Governor Provokes Ire Of Biglaw appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 15, 2022

A former Chinese dissident who became a New York immigration lawyer was fatally stabbed in his law office Monday allegedly by a would-be client. Police…

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2023

New York Attorney General Letitia James Wednesday released a letter to Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. The policy may affect up to 90 law firms and thousands of lawyers. (MSG The policy may affect up to 90 law firms and thousands of lawyers.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

New York City offers a model to the rest of the country of what a “post-mass incarceration” jurisdiction would look like, says the city’s corrections boss. He was serving as director of the Columbia University Justice Lab when he was recruited last May by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to take over the city’s corrections system.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 27, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. This week, we feature criminal defense lawyer John Tolley , who has tried more than 45 jury trials and handled thousands of cases. .

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 8, 2022

Lawyers in New York will have to take at least a one-hour cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education requirements beginning in July…

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 22, 2022

For lawyers, the Rules of Professional Conduct demand that we keep client confidence ( ABA Model Rule 1.6 ) while maintaining a normal client-lawyer relationship ( Rule 1.14(a) Few lawyers are medical professionals, qualified to make a diagnosis, let alone properly spot the signs of a true cognitive issue. As Model Rule 1.14(a)

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Above The Law

MARCH 14, 2025

(Image via Getty) People generally understand that lawyers often need to take extreme — perhaps unreasonable — positions to advocate for clients.Of Image via Getty) People generally understand that lawyers often need to take extreme — perhaps unreasonable — positions to advocate for clients.Of

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Last week, the New York State Supreme Court for New York County dismissed Glen Oaks Village Owners v. This is big news for New York City, which is relying on Local Law 97 to reduce 80% of emissions from the building sector, the largest contributor to the City’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Türkiye found itself the subject of international reproach on Friday, as a coalition of 27 bar associations, human rights organizations, and legal groups from eight countries pronounced their condemnation of the country’s alleged mistreatment of lawyers.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

“Dentons’ $30 million fight with ex-lawyer could put New York, California courts on collision course”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Hogan Lovells is in a New York state of mind, and the elite firm wants as many lawyers as possible to join its Manhattan office. The post Hogan Lovells Looking To Beef Up Its New York Presence Beyond Stroock Hires appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Law professors who posted grievances that they filed against 21 prosecutors are challenging a New York law that requires lawyer disciplinary proceedings and related papers…

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Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

A native of New York, Mr. Patel completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond before returning to New York to earn his law degree, along with a Certificate in International Law from University College London Faculty of Laws in the United Kingdom. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

34 on the Global 200 — and New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel — No. The American Lawyer has the details: HSFs New York Limited Liability Partnership accounts, filed on the U.K.’s Revenue for the New York LLP did marginally increase, however, from $48.8

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Who will power lawyer Damian Williams prosecute next? It seems like he has his sights set on New York Mayor Eric Adams. Attorney For The Southern District Of New York, Is ‘Relentless’ appeared first on Above the Law. The post Damian Williams, The First Black U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A male lawyer binging and purging? His books, columns, and quotes have appeared on CNN.com, Foxnews.com, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, and online and in print newspapers worldwide. He is also the author of the best-selling book “The Addicted Lawyer, Tales of The Bar, Booze Blow & Redemption.”

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

“Supreme Court Poised to Rule for Straight Woman in Discrimination Case; Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 13, 2025

American Lawyer ] * Associates getting squeezed by new firm hiring model. [ Bloomberg Law News ] * Alina Habba may just like guys with sexual misconduct allegations swirling over them. Yahoo ] * New York joining NextGen bar exam train in 2028. Yahoo ] * New York joining NextGen bar exam train in 2028.

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JURIST

APRIL 7, 2024

New York City settled a class-action lawsuit on Thursday that was brought by two Muslim women against the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) policy for removing their head coverings for arrest photos. The post New York City to pay $17.5M ” The settlement now awaits Torres’s approval.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Updated: Even his detractors call Democratic lawyer Marc Elias one of the toughest election lawyers in the country. “In In his three-decade career,” the New York…

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But Faisal’s defense argued that his actions did not meet New York’s statute for terrorism, questioning whether recruiting and matchmaking alone rise to the level of terror under New York state law. “Focus on what Mr. Faisal actually did and not what he said,” the lawyer said.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has regained his law license after a one-year suspension for physically abusing a lawyer and two other women…

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

New York is considering scaling back a question that requires would-be lawyers to disclose their complete criminal records for a character and fitness review. The…

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 24, 2025

New York was part of a list of orders released on Monday morning from the justices private conference on March 21. The justices did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2025-26 term. The courts order denying review in Franklin v. But he too suggested that the justices may need to rethink our course sometime soon.

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LawSites

AUGUST 4, 2022

New York has become the first U.S. Under the new requirement, all attorneys must complete one hour of training every two years in either the ethical obligations surrounding cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, or in the technological and practice-related aspects of protecting data and client communications.

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Above The Law

APRIL 18, 2025

One of the issues that many small firm lawyers face is they often need to appear at multiple court appearances at the same time. Although larger firms might have the resources to send multiple attorneys to court appearances so lawyers do not need to be in the same place at the same time, small firm lawyers may not have such resources.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

“NYC Mayor Adams Asks Judge to Permanently Toss Criminal Case; Adams lawyer says leaks have caused prejudice to mayor; A judge has appointed a lawyer to review case for dismissal”: Chris Dolmetsch and Bob Van Voris of Bloomberg News have this report.

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HowAppealing

MAY 9, 2024

“Sotomayor reflects on fairness, justice in virtual Albany talk; Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor addressed the New York Bar Association’s Civics Convocation Thursday”: Patrick Tine of The Times Union of Albany, New York has this report.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 6, 2022

It referenced a new legal ethics opinion issued by the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics. Opinion 1240 has this digest statement: “If ‘contacts’ on a lawyer’s smartphone include any client whose identity or other information is confidential under Rule 1.6, Back to Ethics.

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