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Sullivan in Manhattan, she made a call on Nov. 4, 2020, to human resources for the Carlo’s Bakery Times Square store at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. [read post]

Wait A Second! - http://secondcircuitcivilrights.blogspot.com/

John C. Coffee, Jr.: The Blaszczak Bombshell and What It Will Mean

25 Jan 2023, 9:05 pm by renholding

United States v. [read post]

The CLS Blue Sky Blog - https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/

Second Circuit asks State Court of Appeals for guidance on State and City Human Rights Law

24 Jan 2023, 6:33 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog

That argument stems from a New York State Court of Appeals ruling, Hoffman v. [read post]

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Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses ESG Considerations for Financial Institutions in 2023

22 Jan 2023, 9:01 pm by renholding

In addition, on December 21, 2022, the New York DFS proposed guidance for New York state-regulated banking and mortgage institutions relating to management of material financial risks from climate change. [read post]

The CLS Blue Sky Blog - https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/

[Eugene Volokh] No Sealing or Pseudonymization of Opinion Related to Lawyer Discipline

19 Jan 2023, 7:15 am by Eugene Volokh

See, e.g., Lugosch v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

After a Supreme Court remand, a Circuit Panel concludes that the defendants’ fraud and conversion convictions should be reversed because the confidential information misappropriated from a federal regulatory agency didn’t constitute “property” or a “thing of value” (to the agency) for purposes of wire fraud, Title 18 securities fraud, and conversion (in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1348, and 641). United States v. Blaszczak, Nos. 18-2811, 18-2825, 18-2867, 18-2878, __F.4th__, 2022 WL 17926047 (2d Cir. Dec. 27, 2022) (C.J.J. Kearse and Walker; Judge Sullivan dissents).

17 Jan 2023, 10:19 am by Darrell Fields

United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

The government’s use of a former cellmate’s testimony to introduce a defendant’s statements about his planned trial strategy didn’t violate the Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel where the witness wasn’t a government informant when the defendant confided in him. Also, a federal probation officer’s warrantless search of the home and car of a person “serving a term of supervised release” didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment because the probation officer needed only a “reasonable suspicion” to search, not a warrant or probable cause. United States v. Chandler, No. 18-1841, 56 F.4th 27 (2d Cir. [Dec. 27,] 2022) (C.J.J.’s Lynch, Carney, and Sullivan).

17 Jan 2023, 7:34 am by Darrell Fields

United States v. [read post]