Leah Nowotarski, chair of criminal justice section of the New York State Defenders Association. Courtesy photo. The Criminal Justice Section has been instrumental in advocating changes in criminal law ...

As criminal law has expanded into almost every sector of the American economy, one byproduct is the rise of "parallel proceedings"—lawsuits that proceed concurrently in criminal and civil court based ...

Companies are increasingly facing parallel proceedings involving government investigations and follow-on private litigation. These complex cases often involve competing interests between the parties ...

Criminal defendants are presumed innocent. This, in theory, is the bedrock of our criminal justice system. But for the last half-century, New York prosecutors have turned that principle on its head by ...

This column proposes changes that should be made to the federal criminal discovery process in response to restrictions imposed to deal with the COVID-19 conditions. It also deals with the application ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure voted to approve multiple changes to the state’s rules on Thursday, including amending the rules for discovery in criminal ...

Criminal justice advocates are ramping up their opposition to proposed changes to the state’s discovery laws as prosecutors around the state double down on their push to tweak the statute that governs ...

District attorneys across New York are urging state legislative leaders to support proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul to amend rigid pretrial discovery rules District attorneys across New York are ...

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