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Jan 13, 2025 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa
[Editor's note: Joseph W. Bellacosa served the New York Court of Appeals from 1975 to 2000 as chief clerk, counsel, chief administrative judge and associate judge. The Law Journal proudly presents this latest edition in an occasional series in which the retired judge shares reflections from his long tenure in New York's judiciary.] Becoming a judge of the New York State Court of Appeals was an unimagined, wondrous dream.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa
A storyteller whose tale might hardly merit a footnote can still shine light onto how a little vignette can come to be seen as a big deal. This first-person account goes back fifty years to another Thanksgiving period. The backstory recounts how the Clerk of the New York State Court of Appeals became Counsel to the Court. That new title and functional role arose not from a job listing description, but from the creative subtlety of a chief judge’s determination to close a deal.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa
Who Got The Work Michael G. Bongiorno, Andrew Scott Dulberg and Elizabeth E. Driscoll from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr have stepped in to represent Symbotic Inc., an A.I.-enabled technology platform that focuses on increasing supply chain efficiency, and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The case, filed Oct.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
Two scholarly books recently steered me to a place I would never have imagined. Together, they make a case for reviving a modern Rule against Perpetuities (hereafter, RvP) and for reforming tax policies regarding the super-wealthy. Want to continue reading?
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
Former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sol Wachtler’s oft-quoted quip about prosecutors enjoying the power to indict ham sandwiches has not amused the U. S. Supreme Court, judging from a recent spate of cases. The high court has overturned convictions constituting various types of prosecutorial overreaching, and among the many notable cases from the 2023-24 term windup, it cut down Snyder v. U.S. and Fischer v. U S.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
Former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sol Wachtler’s oft-quoted quip about prosecutors enjoying the power to indict ham sandwiches has not amused the U. S. Supreme Court, judging from a recent spate of cases. The high court has overturned convictions constituting various types of prosecutorial overreaching, and among the many notable cases from the 2023-24 term windup, it cut down Snyder v. U.S. and Fischer v. U S.
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Jul 22, 2024 | law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
Former New York Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sol Wachtler’s oft-quoted quip about prosecutors enjoying the power to indict ham sandwiches has not amused the U. S. Supreme Court, judging from a recent spate of cases. The high court has overturned convictions constituting various types of prosecutorial overreaching, and among the many notable cases from the 2023-24 term windup, it cut down Snyder v. U.S. and Fischer v. U S.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
This is primarily a “Tale of Two Cases,” heard on back-to-back days at the New York Court of Appeals in 1990. My focus highlights different standards the media use to cover, and often skew, the public understanding of a well-informed public concerning the civic importance and core values of cases and the judicial process. The Feb. 8, 1990 oral argument in of Mercury Bay v. San Diego Yacht Club (76 N Y 2nd 256 [1990]) was about who won a yacht race, finished on a water course two years earlier.
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May 4, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon By Michael Lewis Want to continue reading? Become an ALM Digital Reader for Free! Benefits of a Digital Membership Free access to 1 article* every 30 days Access to the entire ALM network of websites Unlimited access to the ALM suite of newsletters Build custom alerts on any search topic of your choosing Search by a wide range of topics Already have an account? Sign In Now *May exclude premium content
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
law.com | Joseph W. Bellacosa |Andrew Denney
The extenders are expiring and “The Budget is Coming; The Budget is Coming!” The modern version of Paul Revere’s call to attention now sounds off as “the parameters of a conceptual agreement.” The budget rolled out in the dead of night over a weekend by authorizing a giant dole of $237 billion—even after lawmakers had to hold the presses for a cyberattack, pausing the printing of the “particulars of the parameters” and the insertion of real numbers affixed to the “concept!” Gov.
