On March 21, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order No. 202.9 temporarily modifying state banking law to grant the superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services authority to issue emergency regulations to ensure that regulated entities — such as banks or registered Continue Reading
Holding the Runner on the Bag: Limiting the Scope of the “Sports or Athletics Participants” Exclusion in Liability Insurance Coverage
David C. Kane’s article “Holding the Runner on the Bag” appears in the Winter 2020 issue of the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal. Focused on the risk of liability for organizations hosting athletic events, the report discusses exclusions for sports or athletics participants Continue Reading
Be Sure to Drink Your Ovaltine—the DOD Cybersecurity Decoder Pin for Federal Encryption Standards
In the seminal holiday film A Christmas Story, nine-year-old Ralphie Parker uses his diligently earned Little Orphan Annie Secret Society decoder pin to decrypt the secret message from Annie to her fans, only to express disappointment and confusion when he realizes the “secret code” he decrypted is Continue Reading
Are We All Equal in the U.S. Justice System? Thanks to Barr, That’s No Longer Clear, Ex-Federal Prosecutor Says.
United States Attorney General William Barr threw the Department of Justice into crisis last week when he overruled the sentencing recommendation of four career prosecutors in a highly charged prosecution involving one of President Trump’s longtime allies after the President tweeted about the Continue Reading
Editor’s Page
While I echo the comments in the President’s Page about the articles in this edition of the DCJ, I do so, unlike Amy, from my desk in downtown Newark, New Jersey. Despite that New Jersey is named for the English Channel Island of Jersey, in honor of Sir George Carteret (one of the two men to whom Continue Reading
Why Conflict Is Brewing Over Del. Unclaimed Property Law
No one may be looking forward to new beginnings in 2020 more than the state of Delaware’s Department of Finance. Its highly lucrative unclaimed property program has been the subject of substantial criticism for several years, beginning with the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware's Continue Reading
Why Conflict Is Brewing over Del. Unclaimed Property Law
No one may be looking forward to new beginnings in 2020 more than the state of Delaware’s Department of Finance. Its highly lucrative unclaimed property program has been the subject of substantial criticism for several years, beginning with the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware's Continue Reading
SBA’s Proposal Would Help Small Business Teaming
Federal contractors can finally look forward to simplified small-business mentor-protege programs, but also must become keenly aware of wide-ranging changes affecting certain 8(a) business development and Native American-owned programs, new recertification requirements for certain multiple award Continue Reading
Are You Ready? Revisions to Management of Fill Policy Take Effect Jan. 1
In this article, Candee Wilde provides her insights on the Management of Fill Policy that was revised and took effect January 2020. Continue Reading
Don’t Confuse the Rules of a Criminal Trial with Those of Impeachment, Former Prosecutor Says
With public hearings finally beginning before the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives, expect the ongoing battle between Democrats and Republicans over the impeachment’s legal process to ratchet up. These processes and protections matter, and notions of due process and the right Continue Reading