Pace Law School is opening up its entertainment law class to the public Monday night as hip-hop artist Jay Sean and two record label CEOs will “rap” about the music business with Professor Vernon J. Brown’s class from 6 to 8 p.m.

The seminar, called “Where do I sign?” will study the relationship between entertainment lawyers [...]

The third floor of the Westchester County Courthouse was lined with prospective jurors today for the upcoming trial of Mark Blue.

Blue, 45, is accused of repeatedly stabbing his girlfriend during a March 2008 argument in Mount Vernon, according to the DA’s office. Blue allegedly held the woman captive and watched as she nearly bled to death, [...]

Now this is interesting … and possibly precedent setting.

Here in Westchester County, state Supreme Court Justice William J. Giacomo has allowed a 20-year-old transexual to keep his/her identity private by waiving the requirement that a change of name be published in the local newspaper. Giacomo ruled that publishing the transexual’s name might put him/her at [...]

It looks like the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and others accused of various roles in the plot, are going to be tried in federal court in Manhattan rather than before a military tribunal. Click here to read the latest on this development.

I can’t imagine the jury selection process for this — [...]

There is a fundraiser in Manhattan tonight called “Indelible.” Part of the $75 admission fee  ($100 at the door) will be donated to The Innocence Project, whose lawyers take on wrongful conviction cases that can be exonerated through DNA tests.

The event, at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, will feature a performance of Philip [...]

My colleague Jonathan Bandler has an amazing story in today’s paper about how the law allows judges to retire and collect pension while remaining on the bench and collecting a salary. This gives them annual income of more than $200,000, and a loophole around the 11-year wage freeze for state and county judges.

Click here to [...]

Acting state Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Neary delivered some bad news today to Jose Arroyo, a retired NYPD detective who is going on trial for allegedly drugging, kidnapping and raping a woman in a Greenburgh motel last year.

Neary is going to allow the jury to see a lot of potentially incriminating evidence against Arroyo, [...]

Pre-trial hearings opening today in the case of Jose Arroyo, a retired New York City police detective accused of drugging and raping a woman at a Greenburgh motel a year ago.

Arroyo, 47, is facing a five-count indictment for rape, kidnapping and assault and up to 25 years in state prison on the top counts. He [...]

Vance Major is a happy man today, having been found not guilty of gun charges that his attorney said could have sent the Yonkers convict to prison for 30 years.

Major, 29, has two prior felony convictions – a 2000 weapons charge and a 2006 drug possession charge – and was on trial for felony gun [...]

The New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination is looking for volunteers to fill two vacancies on its board.

To qualify, the volunteers cannot hold any office in any political party. Bar associations and civic groups are encouraged to recommend “highly qualified individuals” for the posts.

One nominee would fill out a term ending on March 31 [...]