—by Kyle Tucker Source: President Barack Obama, Remarks by the President on Plan to Close the Prison at Guantanamo Bay (Feb. 23, 2016), https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/23/remarks-president-plan-close-prison-guantanamo-bay. Abstract: President Obama announced that a plan… Read more »
—by Adam Kuhn Sherman v. N.Y. State Thruway Auth., No. 56, 2016 N.Y. LEXIS 1061 (May 5, 2016). Abstract: The New York Court of Appeals granted summary judgment for the… Read more »
— by Forrest Young ABSTRACT: In 2015, New York City’s Board of Health announced new regulations requiring chain restaurants to provide warnings about the sodium in their menu options. In… Read more »
— by Moira Ferguson Source: In re Sierra Club v. Village of Painted Post, No. 151 (N.Y. Nov. 19, 2015) Abstract: To have standing to challenge governmental action in land… Read more »
— by William Woodworth Recently, two courts considered the constitutionality of New York’s SAFE Act. Both courts assessed whether the regulation burdens a second amendment right, and whether the regulation… Read more »
— By Andrew Stewart Davis v. South Nassau Communities Hosp., 2015 NY Slip Op 09229 (December 16, 2015). Abstract: The Court of Appeals recognized a legal duty owed by medical… Read more »
— by Ben Cranston Abstract: If the statistical evidence of success of the NFL’s “Rooney Rule” is any indicator of future increased diversity, we will be seeing significantly more female… Read more »
— by Wes Gerrie Case: People v. FanDuel Inc., DraftKings Inc., et al., No. 453056/15, 2015 N.Y. Misc. Lexis 4521 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 11, 2015). Abstract The popular, yet… Read more »
— by Hannah Lewis Source: Press Release, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, Fact Sheet: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer (Jan…. Read more »
–by Chris Powers Abstract: The New York Court of Appeals ruled that a mother cannot be held liable for the death of a newborn baby when the baby’s injury was… Read more »