The Crime Report

MARCH 21, 2022

While Mayor Eric Adams vowed during his election campaign to back plans to close Rikers Island’s infamous jail complex and replace it with four smaller, more humane lockups, that promise has come to conflict with his other promise to crack down on New York City’s rising crime rates by improving overall public safety, reports the New York Times.

Malfeasance 75

Malfeasance 75

The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

Warren, the elected state attorney of Hillsborough County and the top prosecutor in Tampa, accusing him of incompetence and neglect of duty for vowing not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions, reports the New York Times.

Malfeasance 59

Malfeasance Felony Attorney Government 59

JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Over the last three weeks, Adani Group, a multinational conglomerate, has been the subject of a furor both in the stock market and the Indian Parliament over the findings of the New York-based investor research firm Hindenburg Research.

Court 104

Court Malfeasance Government Diligence 104

The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2021

New York State initiated this practice in 2017, and the requirement was added to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure in 2020. The New York State Legislature has created a commission aimed at monitoring and identifying prosecutor misbehavior. Some 23 states have adopted these verbatim or with some modifications.

Malfeasance 140

Malfeasance Court Attorney Law School 140

SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The district court concluded that, consistent with the contractual choice-of-law provision, New York law governed and barred Raiders’ Pennsylvania-law-based counterclaims. The insurer then filed an action for declaratory judgment in federal district court in Pennsylvania to determine whether the policy was indeed void.

Government 76

Government Court Contract Malfeasance 76

Foley Hoag LLP

JULY 20, 2020

Leaked documents published by the New York Times in November 2019 reveal the cruel extent of the crackdown. Since 2017, the Chinese Government has embarked on a brutal campaign against the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims living primarily in the Xinjiang autonomous region in western China.

Diligence 40

Diligence Government Malfeasance Laws 40

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. A recent survey of New York doctors found that 60 percent saw an increase in ER visits for cooking wounds and turkey carving accidents. Some 1,800 ate the catered meal.

Tort 32

Tort Statute Criminal Law Court 32