While the intention of helping those in need is admirable, the proposed legislation would alter private contract rights, and therefore inescapably bump up against the Contracts Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Read More
Norman Siegel and Steven Hyman, the attorneys who represented a Maine nurse in the legal fights over a 2014 quarantine order for Ebola, predicted that few civil liberty claims led over coronavirus restrictions would hold up in court. Read More
While not constituting a quarantine per se, the governor’s action nevertheless have imposed significant restriction on New Yorkers, their livelihoods and their freedom of movement. Read More
This article provides an overview of the steps needed to domesticate sister-state judgments in New York depending on how the sister-state judgment was obtained, with a particular focus on domestication of sister-state judgments entered on default. Read More
A publication of the Trusts and Estates Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Read More