Less than a week after the legal community lost Justice Johnny Lee Baynes to the coronavirus, word started to spread that Justice Lawrence Knipel was in the hospital after he
The Kings County Criminal Court feels like it finally has a handle on conducting virtual arraignments, and on Friday its supervising judge, Hon. Michael Yavinsky, issued guidance on how the
Attorney General Letitia James announced on Friday that her office has joined in a multistate coalition of attorneys general that is demanding immediate changes at the New York Sports Club,
The state court system has shifted essential and emergency proceedings to phone and video conference throughout its 58 counties, completing a transition to remote operations in order to slow the
The first COVID-19 positive city jail inmate died in Bellevue Hospital Sunday as he awaited a hearing on a parole violation, according to multiple sources. Michael Tyson, 53, had been
Irina Golub is a member of the Coalition of New York City Social Adult Day Cares Long before the onset of COVID-19, older New Yorkers were faced with social isolation,
On the one hand, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez wrote an editorial in The New York Times published on Monday that called upon Gov. Andrew Cuomo to release people from prison due
The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project has closed its office on Court Street like so many other lawyers’ offices in the borough, but its attorneys are maintaining the practice
As the legal community shifts to working from home via videoconferencing, the Brooklyn Bar Association has arranged a continuing legal education seminar designed to help make sure attorneys are taking