NEWS
Law firms pumped millions into NY campaigns as lawmakers made it easier to sue: report
Trial lawyers pumped millions of dollars into the campaign coffers of New York politicians in a push to expand laws that made it easier to file lawsuits, according to a business advocacy group analysis…
Another Hudson Valley Company Closing, 100 Workers to be Laid Off
Those renewal quotes represented a 420% increase in what the Company had been paying, making it impossible for the Company to continue as a viable business venture and be insured by its current insurance carrier…
Watch out: New Jersey bill to require all e-bike riders to register, get insurance
The bill aims to require of e-bikes and e-scooters the same type of registration and liability insurance regulations currently applied to motor vehicles such as cars and motorcycles…
Scimeca: Mass tort litigation makes us all poorer
The lawyers behind the ads claim they want to help people. In reality, the primary beneficiaries of these lawsuits are the mega-law firms and their deep-pocketed financiers…
Why Every E-Biker Should Be Worried About NJ’s Proposed Micromobility Insurance Law
Instead of ensuring safety on Garden State roads, requiring bikers to carry insurance could make roads more dangerous, inequitable and polluted…
Business Law Firm Study: Third-Party Litigation Funding Is 'Albatross' for NY Civil Courts
Trial lawyers say litigation funding can level the playing field for plaintiffs, while the report blamed the industry for more cases going to trial rather than settling…
Yusef Salaam is no equity warrior — he’s just a scofflaw leftist hack
Yes, lots of folks illegally delay registering to save on insurance premiums, but lawmakers have a particular, and obvious, duty not to be law-breakers…
Controversial Yusef Salaam traffic stop highlights NY issue of 19K ‘misrepresented’ license plates, insurance
Many motorists intentionally register and insure their cars in other states to snag premiums considerably lower than New York, which has among the highest rates in the country…
‘Central Park 5’ Councilman Yusef Salaam was a scofflaw long before latest traffic stop — including fines for speeding in a school zone and blocking a bus lane
Notorious cop-bashing City Councilman Yusef Salaam was a traffic scofflaw long before a young police officer pulled him over last week for driving with overly tinted windows.
The cop ultimately cut the pol a break that many critics don’t believe he deserved…
Salaam’s new run-in with the law: Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2024
The Issue: The police pulling over Councilmember Yusef Salaam for window tint and out-of-state plates.…