Presiding Justice Hector D. LaSalle and the Justices of the Appellate Division, Second Department on January 11, 2024, announced the creation of a Task Force to study the interplay of artificial intelligence and the courts of the Appellate Division, Second Department. The Task Force will meet with experts in the field…
Michael C. Dorf, the Robert S. Stevens professor of Law at Cornell University, is a regular contributor to Verdict, a service of Justia which provides substantive analysis by legal professionals on a variety of law and law related issues. In his December 22,2023 posting, to this service, A Holiday Guide…
Judge Scott U. Schlegel of the Fifth Circuit Court of the State of Louisiana currently serves as Chair of the Louisiana Supreme Court Technology Commission, and is recognized as a pioneer in using technology in the Louisiana State Courts. He has managed what is considered by many to be one…
During this past week (week ending July 7,2023) we have received listings of 24 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 45 Constitutional Law summaries and 50 Criminal Law Summaries . We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog…
On June 29,2023, the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Court held that Harvard College’s admissions system does not comply with the principles of the equal protection clause embodied in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The decision,…
During this past week (week ending June 30, 2023) we have received listings of 23 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 77 Constitutional Law summaries, 73 Criminal Law, and 3 U.A. Supreme Court Summaries . Also included under a separate link are three additional U.S. Supreme Court Opinions released on July…
During this past week (week ending September 2,2022) we have received listings of 23 Government and Administrative Law Summaries, 53 Constitutional Law summaries, 54 Criminal Law Summaries, and no White Collar Law case summaries. The plan is to post opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in…
Upon his retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2022. Justice Breyer will be receiving a number of awards including the following for his distinguished service while on the Court: The American Bar Association (ABA) has announced that it will be honoring the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer its…
INTRODUCTION Court personnel, litigants and their attorneys clearly felt the impact of Covid-19 as they were struggling to stand upright in a world turned upside down. Personal lives were disrupted. Court operations were chaotic. Filings, motions, depositions, hearings, trials were massively upset with many defaults and dismissals. The self-represented faced…
TITLE: The Eichmann Trial AUTHOR: Deborah E. Lipstadt PUBLICATION DATE: March 2011 PUBLISHER: Schocken Books, a division of Random House, Inc. PAGE COUNT: 272 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8052-4260-7 PRICE: $23.95 The author is a professor of Jewish Studies at Emory University and has written extensively about the Holocaust. In her new…