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As tuition rises and the number of job openings shrink, the legal world is attempting to deal with a looming crisis.  For a long time, bloggers have been writing about…

Since the advent of modern day computing and the internet, cybercrime and cyber security have become increasingly important issues.  Cybercrime, which includes unauthorized access of computer networks, theft of documents…

The $85 billion in automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester, went into effect this past Friday, March 1.  Established by the Budget Control Act of 2011, these cuts were…

The American Bar Association (“the ABA”) has weighed in on the issue of judges’ use of social networking sites—a rare acknowledgement of social media’s impact by an industry that has…

On Tuesday, despite a series of decisions against them, nine alumni of New York Law School filed a motion for leave to appeal their case—one of the first of similar…

A New York State appellate court on Tuesday ruled that a request made by the New York Times Company (“the NYT”) for access to a database of the names and…

On Tuesday, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit—in a decision authored by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, sitting by designation—asked New York State’s highest court, the…

Nobody would disagree with the assertion that obtaining higher education is beneficial.  Unfortunately, maybe a J.D. should no longer be included in that consideration.  Only 55% of J.D. students in…

As the debate over gun-control laws plays out on the national stage, lawmakers in New York have already begun laying out the blueprint for legislation that would significantly curb gun…