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Brittany, a lass of fifteen, told two teen friends that she was going to modify a BB gun to look like a real gun and bring it to school and "shoot up" the Plattsburgh Senior High School and then shoot the high school principal. Thinking she was joking, they laughed
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Bharara: Get Angry, Demand Honesty Mark Hamblett, New York Law Journal Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (center, with Center for New York City Law Director Ross Sandler, left, and New York Law School Dean Anthony Crowell) decried the culture of corruption in Albany and urged New York voters to
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Adopted Russian children throughout the United States are currently being exchanged on the Internet through a process called Re-Homing without the benefit of any court or governmental supervision. Placement of the to-be Re-Homed child is made through advertising on the Internet or other public media process. There is no prior
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Usually, it is not illegal to enter into a contract with a minor. The contract is voidable at the discretion of the minor. Voidable contracts are usually valid contracts and are binding unless the child cancels it.  It is important to seek judicial approval of  the contract; if the contracts
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Pardalis & Nohavicka Employment Discrimination Law Update: City Human Rights Law Does Not Consider Use of “N” Word a Petty Slight or Trivial Inconvenience Even When Not Directed to Complaining Employee. In Diggs v Oscar De La Renta, LLC, a temp employee (African-American) complained of the following conduct: twice on
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