Elisabeth Haub School of Law News

“Ordering the dissolution of a business for financial fraud is an extraordinary remedy, some people even claiming it to be akin to the death penalty,” Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon. “Dissolution, or liquidation, hardly ever happens, especially when there is no proof that victims were harmed or financial institutions lost money.”

News 12 reports Professor Shelby Green was elected as a new member to the Westchester Parks Foundation Board of Directors.

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Professor Bennett Gershman speaks to Newsweek about conservative activist Charlie Kirk being at risk of sued for defamation over comments he made about New York City Council member Yusef Salaam.

"Since Salaam is a public official and a public figure, Salaam would have to prove that Kirk acted with malice, which means showing that Kirk knew his statement was false or recklessly disregarded the truth. Salaam was exonerated of the crime. It was a huge public fact. If Kirk didn't know that, he must be living on another planet. A lawsuit by Salaam would be appropriate and winnable."

The “rants” by the former president in the trial are “perfectly consistent” with the kind of “reckless and toxic” rhetoric he always spews out,” Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon. “It’s not clear who his audience is,” Gershman said. “If it’s the jury, he’s making a mistake. His reckless and unhinged remarks will only persuade the jury to award a higher punitive damage award to punish him and silence him.”

Carroll portrayed herself as an “intelligent, articulate, and sympathetic” person, Bennett Gershman, a former New York prosecutor and law professor at Pace University, told Salon. Her “powerful” testimony described how Trump “tore her life apart” by sexually assaulting her, then denying he did it and then vilifying her in the media and online with “repeated cruel and unhinged rants” for her effort to bring him to justice for what he did to her.

Yonkers Times reports the Pace Women’s Justice Center kicked-off the new year with an educational social media campaign entitled ‘Love Isn’t.’

Professor Paula Collins writes a guest column in NYup.com about understanding losses regarding cannabis tax.