New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit against the international auction house Sotheby’s for defrauding the state of New York and its taxpayers out of millions of dollars in unpaid sales tax. The complaint alleges that Sotheby’s violated the New York False Claims Act by facilitating the creation and use of false tax […]

Immigration groups filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the Executive Office for Immigration Review—which oversees immigration courts—and the General Services Administration requesting information on the expansion and creation of immigration adjudication centers, which were established as part of EOIR’s Strategic Caseload Reduction plan designed to accelerate removal proceedings at […]

In response to the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Attorney General Letitia James released the following statement: “Our hearts are heavy tonight with the passing of one of the most impactful justices to ever serve on the Supreme Court. From her time at the ACLU founding its Women’s Right Project, to her […]

Stirling and her organisation are considered to have shady dealings and are trashed by many for their mindless anti-Dubai vendetta. Twitter has suspended the accounts of a UK-based rights activist and her organisation that claims to offer legal help to expats facing detention in Dubai. The social media accounts of Radha Stirling and her organisation […]

The leaders of a number of businesses urged Mayor Bill de Blasio in a letter Thursday “to take immediate action” on public safety and other issues in New York City as part of dealing with the city’s longer-term economic concerns. Among the more than 150 people on the letter were the heads of Citigroup, Macys, […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement in response to a presidential memorandum released yesterday by the White House, in which President Trump threatened to cut off funding to New York City and other major cities: “As the nation battles a pandemic, an economic recession, and reckons with institutional racism, President Trump […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to immediately halt the Trump Administration’s attempts to dismantle the United States Postal Service (USPS) and disrupt operations in an effort to undermine the November presidential election. Following a lawsuit she filed last week, Attorney General James today filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, asking the […]

It is with deep regret that we share the news that Montreal’s Richard McConomy – better known as Rick – passed away peacefully Saturday, August 15, 2020 following a brief but hard-fought battle with cancer. Born and raised in Montreal, Rick attended both Concordia and McGill Universities. Shortly after his graduation from McGill Law School […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement in response to a National Rifle Association (NRA) countersuit that seeks to distract from illegal conduct to divert millions of dollars away from the organization’s charitable mission to personally benefit senior leadership, as well as to claims by President Donald Trump and others that […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association (NRA), the largest and most influential pro-gun organization in the nation. Attorney General James charges the organization with illegal conduct because of their diversion of millions of dollars away from the charitable mission of the organization for personal […]