Legal Analysis

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BlogSep 27, 2026

C.N. v. Sigma Delta Tau Society: The Second Department Begins to Define the Reach of the EFAA

A Case of First Impression Explains Why the Ending Forced Arbitration Act Turns on the Relationship Between the Case and the Sexual-Misconduct Dispute, Not...

BlogSep 26, 2026

What OLC Can Do—and What It Cannot Do

The June 9, 2026 OLC Opinion Can Reshape Federal Enforcement. It Cannot Amend Title VII, Bind the Courts, or Erase State Antidiscrimination Law. ...

BlogSep 26, 2026

Deputy Chief Winston M. Faison Challenges NYPD and Police Pension Fund Effort to Force His Retirement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Faison Contends the Police Commissioner Exceeded the Limits of Administrative Code § 14-115 and the Police Pension Fund Unlawfully Surrendered Its...

BlogSep 24, 2026

She Graduated the Police Academy. She Completed Field Training While Living in a Shelter. Then NYPD Turned Her Victimization Into the End of Her Career

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Former NYPD Officer Sheila M. Nunez-Lopez alleges NYPD ignored its own records identifying her as the victim, continued employment consequences after...

BlogSep 22, 2026

Newton v. LVMH: Protected Activity Does Not End When Litigation Begins

The Second Circuit Recognizes That Refusing to Settle a Discrimination Case Can Be Protected Opposition—and Rejects an Artificially Narrow View of Retaliation The...

BlogSep 21, 2026

An Accident Twenty Years Ago Must Not Automatically Become a Disability Pension Today

The New York City Police Pension Fund Must Tighten Remote-Injury ADR Review Now—and the Legislature Must Permanently Reform the Causation Standard Executive Summary...

BlogSep 21, 2026

Police Misconduct Should Not Always Be a Taxpayer Expense

How General Municipal Law § 50-k Could Shift More of the Financial Consequences of NYPD Misconduct to Officers and Their Unions—and Give Police Training...

BlogSep 20, 2026

What Does NYPD Enforcement Actually Buy New York?

A Cost-Benefit Audit of Low-Level Enforcement, Police Labor, Court Processing, Racial Disparities, and the Public-Safety Return on Enforcement Executive Summary New York...

BlogSep 20, 2026

Forty-Two Years After Dunton, the Conflict Is Still There

Basile v. County of Nassau exposes a municipal-defense problem the Second Circuit identified in 1984—and that courts still too often address only after the...