Like the very messy bail reform bill passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the overhaul of the state’s discovery laws, also demands refinement. Gov. Hochul ...

Key issues to consider before entering into a settlement with a securities regulator, including the scope of the regulators’ ...

The discovery reform law that went into effect in 2019 was designed to give defense attorneys quicker access to evidence ...

All five of New York City’s top prosecutors, from lefty Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to conservative Staten Island DA Michael McMahon, flanked Hochul on Friday as she touted the proposed reforms — and ...

A new report from the Legal Aid Society this week details the failures of local and state governments to decarcerate its ...

Fordham welcomes 21 students from the classes of 2026 (day and evening divisions) and 2027 (evening division) into the Stein ...

A federal judge calls for giving New York state judges the ability to reevaluate sentences in cases where a person has ...

Lawmakers, activists, and families of incarcerated New Yorkers gathered Tuesday at the New York State Capitol to demand that ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Lawmakers, activists, and families of incarcerated New Yorkers gathered Tuesday at the New York ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

The frenetic speed and scale of leadership changes that the Trump administration has made at the Justice Department in its ...

Jillian Snider, an adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who served 13 years as an officer for the New York Police Department, said Biden largely fell short of delivering on many of ...