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Can Law Firms Get By with a Little Help from (Non-Lawyer) Friends?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Why should law firm ownership be restricted to lawyers? Jacoby & Meyers, a multi-state law firm, says that New York's only-lawyers-can-own-law-firms rule...
Will NYC Schools Lose Their Religion?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has considered a New York City ban on churches holding worship services in public schools 5 times over the last 17...
No Reasonable Accommodation When Disability Results in Harassment
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
James McElwee is in his mid-30s with a neurodevelopmental disorder formally classified as Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)...
2nd Cir: Trial Court Didn't Err in Letting Aafia Siddiqui Testify
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
This week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui's conviction and sentence for shooting at FBI agents and soldiers...
Where Should the Second Circuit Draw the Entrapment Line?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payan were convicted in 2010 of planting (what they thought) were bombs outside synagogues in the...
Second Circuit Extends Filing Deadlines in Sandy's Wake
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Many people in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals' tri-state reach are still coping with the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy. While Vermont escaped the...
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Joseph Fawbush, Esq.
Managing Editor
Vaidehi Mehta, Esq.
Attorney Writer
Kit Yona, M.A.
Legal Writer
Mariana Petersen
Legal Content Editor