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A “harmless error” is not enough to overturn a conviction, Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace Law School, told Reuters.

Even if an appellate court agreed that Nathan made a mistake, Maxwell's lawyers would need to show that it mattered to the outcome of the case. A "harmless error" is not enough to overturn a conviction, according to Bennett Gershman, a professor at Pace Law School. "It's a very heavy burden," Gershman said, adding that federal appellate courts tend to defer to trial judges.

Katrina Fischer Kuh, a professor at Pace Law School, noted that in Rapanos, the high court split 4-1-4, with Justice Scalia authoring the plurality decision that interpreted "waters of the U.S." and "navigable waters" narrowly. Since Rapanos, however, courts have relied on Justice Kennedy's solo concurrence that took a broader view. "A majority in Sackett could adopt Justice Scalia's definition and thereby shrink the reach of the Clean Water Act, particularly to wetlands," Kuh said. "Despite the import of the underlying question of statutory interpretation and clear disagreement in lower courts, procedural aspects of the case would seem to weigh against granting certiorari."

Pace Law School professor Bennett Gershman, a former prosecutor and author of a review of the former New York City mayor's false 2020 election claims, says there is a good chance Giuliani will be indicted on charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Bennett Gershman, a professor of law at Pace University in New York, told the Guardian that he has doubts the government plans to prosecute others ...

According to The New York Post, Bridget Crawford, a professor of law at Pace University, said that it seemed like the employees would have to pay ...

Professor Jason Czarnezki writes about the launch of the Sustainable Business Law Hub at Haub Law.

Haub Law Professor and Matrimonial attorney Morghan Leia Richardson with the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, LLP in New York City told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that it all comes down to money! “California tends to have the highest ‘rate’ of child support across the country. It has the broadest definition of ‘income’ for determining support.