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After former New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and then-acting Chief Judge Anthony Cannataro failed to report taxable income from their chauffeur perks last year, records show Judge Cannataro corrected his filings but DiFiore did not, despite receiving months of the state-funded benefit as a private citizen. ....
New York’s highest court is set to hear arguments later this month over whether a Manhattan judge violated a murder suspect’s constitutional right to a public trial by ordering her courtroom to be sealed in response to what she called “intimidating” behavior by audience members observing the case. ....
A feared spike in child mistreatment amid New York City's pandemic lockdown, as the city’s child welfare system nearly shut down, never happened. In a study published last week, advocates say that proves the system regularly removes far more children from their families than necessary. ....
Constitutional law scholar Laurence "Larry" Tribe is making the leap from Harvard Law School to an of counsel role with Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, saying he was drawn to the firm's work in areas ranging from racial justice to voting rights. ....
A team of attorneys from Susman Godfrey LLP has been defending pandemic-related housing laws across California against a legal assault from landlord groups, securing the first appellate decision in the country affirming the constitutionality of the anti-eviction ordinances amid a public health emergency. ....