New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the “Public Nuisance Bill” (S.7196/A.6762), which aims to restore the ability of states and localities to bring civil liability actions against firearm manufacturers and sellers for negligence: “In 2005, Congress took unprecedented action to usurp states’ rights […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement regarding the criminal indictment of Trump Corporation and the Trump Payroll Corporation — together doing business as the Trump Organization — as well as Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Allen Weisselberg on multiple criminal charges:   “Today is an important marker in the ongoing […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) — the parent company of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — that will deliver up to $230 million to New York state, in the largest monetary settlement ever secured by Attorney General James. The agreement resolves claims made by Attorney General James […]

proposed in the Wall Street Journal that the United Nations scrap elections for its 47-nation Human Rights Council, and instead expand the membership to automatically include each of the world body’s 193 member states. « The elections were designed 15 years ago this month in order to exclude the world’s worst abusers, » says Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based non-governmental human […]

Detained in Dubai is an organisation founded in 2008 by Radha Stirling, a leading human rights advocate, crisis manager and policy consultant, focusing on the UAE and the wider Middle East. Stirling is a Criminal & Civil Justice Specialist, Expert Witness, Speaker, Founder of Due Process International, Detained in Dubai, IPEX Reform and Gulf Investment […]

Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) and Independent Women’s Law Center (IWLC) filed a public comment on Friday urging the Department of Education to maintain due process protections for individuals accused of sexual misconduct on college campuses.   On March 11, 2021, President Joe Biden directed a comprehensive review of regulations implementing Title IX of the Education […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the National Rifle Association (NRA) dropped a countersuit filed the same day Attorney General James filed her lawsuit to dissolve the organization last summer: “The NRA dropping its countersuit today in federal court is an implicit admission that their strategy would never prevail. […]

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) is pleased to announce that The Honourable Louise Arbour, C.C, G.O.Q., is the recipient of this year’s Symons Medal. The Symons Medal is one of Canada’s most prestigious honours, which Madame Arbour is receiving for her many contributions to the public good. A Senior Counsel at BLG, Madame Arbour was the […]

Credit: Philippe Landreville Harvard Law School announced today the appointment of Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella as the Samuel LL.M. ’55 S.J.D. ’59 and Judith Pisar Visiting Professor of Law effective July 1, 2022. Justice Abella will serve an initial three-year term that will run until 2025. She is the first Canadian jurist […]

SCC Justice Rosalie Abella will serve as Pisar visiting professor at Harvard Law School for three years Rosalie Silberman Abella, justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will serve as Pisar visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, effective July 1, 2022 for a three-year term. Abella is the first Canadian jurist appointed to […]