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Same Sex Partners

Letter to City Council re: Resolution 0591-2004, supporting passage of the federal Permanent Partners Immigration Act ( "PPIA" ) of 2003 ( PDF format )

Same-Sex Marriage

1324 Reasons for Marriage Equality in New York State ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief filed in the Columbian Constitutional Court regarding the right to same-sex marriage for citizens of Columbia (April 2010) ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Hernandez v. Robles ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Hernandez v. Robles (filed in the NYS Court of Appeals, April 2006) ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital of New York ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Lewis v. NYS Department of Civil Services filed in New York State Court of Appeals (September 2009) ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Samuels v. New York State Department of Health ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Shields v. Madigan ( PDF format )

Letter to Congressional Subcommittee on the Constitution Opposing House Joint Resolution 56 Which Would Federalize a Traditional State Function of Defining and Interpreting What Constitutes a Marriage ( PDF format )

Letter to NYS Senators on the Marriage Equality Act - S.4401 (June 2009) ( PDF format )

Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples in New York ( PDF format )

Report on the Marriage Equity Act - A.7732/S.4401 (May 2009) ( PDF format )

Same-Sex Marriage in New York ( PDF format )

Statement in Support of the Marriage Equality Act (November 2009) ( PDF format )

Testimony Before the New York State Senate Regarding Civil Marriage for Same Sex Couples ( PDF format )

Same-Sex Partners, Immigration Benefits

Report on The Uniting American Families Act of 2009 - H.R.1024/S.424 (June 2009) ( PDF format )

Testimony before the New York City Council in support of Resolution No. 2172 which would call upon the U.S. Congress to pass the Uniting American Families Act of 2009 (October 2009) ( PDF format )

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Comments on Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Certification of Disclosure in Companies' Quarterly and Annual Reports ( PDF format )

Comments on Section 307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ( PDF format )

Comments on Section 307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002-Additional Comments by the Committee on Investment Management Regulation ( PDF format )

Comments on Sections 404, 406 and 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Disclosure Required in Companies’ Quarterly and Annual Reports ( PDF format )

Comments to the SEC on the Certified Shareholder Report to be Filed on Proposed Form N-CSR, the Scope of the Certification Requirement, the Uniform Application of the Certification Requirement and the Disclosure Controls and Procedures Mandated Thereby ( PDF format )

Comments to the SEC Urging They Defer Adoption of Any Additional Rules Under Section 307 Until After the Commission Has Had the Opportunity to Observe the Impact of the Rules it Has Already Adopted ( PDF format )

Secondment

Secondment of law firm attorneys; association with a law firm

Securities

File No. S7-38-04; Release Nos. 33-8501; 34-50624; IC-26649; International Series Release No. 1282 Securities Offering Reform ( PDF format )

Letter to the SEC on Proposed Rule Regarding Standards Relating to Listed Company Audit Committees ( PDF format )

Letter to the SEC Regarding Proposed Amendments to Rule 10b-18 and Purchases of Certain Equity Securities by the Issuer and Others ( PDF format )

Securities and Exchange Commission

Letter to the SEC on the Proposed Release of Comment Letters and Responses ( PDF format )

Securities Regulation

A Report on The President's Military Order of November 13, 2001 Regarding "Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism" ( PDF format )

Securities Related Litigation

Coordinating Related Securities Litigation ( PDF format )

Coordinating Related Securities Litigation ( PDF format )

Securitization

Letter to the American Securitization Forum commenting on the RMBS Disclosure Package (August 2008) ( PDF format )

Senior Citizens

Comments on Proposed New York State 2009 Executive Budget (March 2009) ( PDF format )

Sentencing Guidelines

Letter to Congress re: Sentencing Guidelines Provisions of "Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005" ( PDF format )

Serbia

Letter to the President of the European Commission regarding Serbia's application to join the European Union (March 2010) ( PDF format )

Service animals

Proposed Replacement of State Human Rights Law Dog Definitions (July 2010) ( PDF format )

Setoff Rights

Letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Responding to a Request for Information Dated April 9, 2004 Re Setoff and Isolation ( PDF format )

Sex and Law

Letter to Governor Elect Eliot Spitzer highlighting important issues to be considered during his term including the trafficking of human beings for sexual and labor servitude; the ability of nursing mothers to express breast milk while at work; and the delivery of balanced sex education programs to teenagers in school ( PDF format )

Sex Offenders

Statement on Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders: Senate Bill S6325 and Assembly Bill A09282 ( PDF format )

Statement on the Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders: Comments on the newly adopted Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act (Senate Bill S3318 and Assembly Bill A6162) ( PDF format )

Sex Trafficking

Report on A.7670/S.4429 which would amend the criminal procedure law in regard to victims of sex trafficking convicted of prostitution offenses (March 2010) ( PDF format )

Sexual Education

Report regarding The Healthy Teens Act - A.2856/S.1342 ( PDF format )

Sexual Orientation

Letter to Secretary of State, Colin Powell, urging that the United States co-sponsor and vote in favor of the resolution on Human Rights and Sexual Orientation to be offered by the government of Brazil at the session of the United Nation's Committee on Human Rights ( PDF format )

sexually exploited children

Report expressing support for the Assembly version of Safe Harbor for Exploited Children Act (A.5258-A) which would permit sexually exploited children to receive vital social services rather than face prosecution, potential jail time ( PDF format )

Shareholder agreements

The Enforceability and Effectiveness of Typical Shareholders Agreement Provisions (December 2009) ( PDF format )

Sierra Leone

Letter to newly elected Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf urging that Liberia request Nigeria to promptly surrender former Liberian President Charles Taylor to the Special Court of Sierra Leone ( PDF format )

Letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice expressing concerns over Nigeria's failure to surrender former Liberian President Charles Taylor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone and to urge strong leadership by the United States government on this issue ( PDF format )

Second letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the wake of a newly elected Liberian president reiterating concerns over Nigeria's failure to surrender former Liberian President Charles Taylor to the Special Court for Sierra Leone and to urge strong leadership by the United States government on this issue ( PDF format )

Slaughterhouses

Letter to Governor Patterson regarding S.5920-A/A.00246B which would prohibit the issuance of licenses to new slaughterhouses located within 1,500 feet of residential properties ( PDF format )

Memorandum supporting S.2517/A.1280 which would amend section 96-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law to provide for the mandatory revocation of licenses of operators of slaughterhouses upon the failure of three consecutive sanitary inspections ( PDF format )

Smaller public companies

Letter to the SEC commenting on its proposed recommendations for changes in the current regulatory system for smaller companies under the securities laws of the United States ( PDF format )

Solid Waste Management

Comments on Proposed Solid Waste Management Plan and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement ( PDF format )

Letter to Mayor Bloomberg regarding undertaking an analysis of the New York City's Solid Waste Management Plan ( PDF format )

South Africa, Republic of

Letter to the President of the Republic of South Africa expressing concerns over recent detentions and beatings of leader of the Movement for Democratic Change ( PDF format )

Spain

Letter to the President of Spain regarding the indictment of Magistrate Judge Baltasar GarzÃ³n (April 2010) ( PDF format )

Special education

Report on A.8398/S.5636 concerning special education programs and services and the implementation of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (June 2009) ( PDF format )

Sperm Donation

Letter to the NYS Department of Health urging the Department to reconsider 10 NYRR Section 52-3.4(a)(8) and 52-8.5 which prohibit any man who has had oral or anal sex with another man in the preceding five years from anonymously donating sperm ( PDF format )

State Government

"Road map" of new New York State Senate Rules (November 2009) ( PDF format )

Letter to the NYS Legislature regarding reforms to the State Legislature committee process (November 2009) ( PDF format )

NO ON PROPOSAL ONE ( PDF format )

Supporting Legislative Rules Reform: The Fundamentals ( PDF format )

Testimony before the New York State Senate Temporary Committee on Rules Reform (February 26, 2009) ( PDF format )

Testimony from the Committee on State Affairs on Legislative Rules Reform, December 8, 2004 ( PDF format )

The New York State Budget Process and the Constitution:Defining and Protecting the “Delicate Balance” of Power ( PDF format )

State Secrets

Amicus Brief: Center for Constitutional Rights v. Bush (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, June 2006) ( PDF format )

Amicus Brief: Khaled El-Masri v. United States of America (U.S. Supreme Court, August 2007) ( PDF format )

Statement on Pending Legislation Addressing the State Secrets Privilege ( PDF format )

Supplemental Statement on Pending Legislation Addressing the States Secrets Privilege (May 2010) ( PDF format )

Stem Cell Research

Letter re: S.471, The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005 ( PDF format )

Letter to the Empire State Stem Cell Board on the ethics of embryonic stem cell research (May 2008) ( PDF format )

Stop and Frisk

Letter to New York City Police Commissioner, Raymond Kelly, regarding the Rand Report and Stop-and-Frisk practices (December 2007) ( PDF format )

Statement Concerning the New York Police Department's Stop-and-Frisk Practices (April 2009) ( PDF format )

Student Loans

Law School Debt and the Practice of Law ( PDF format )

Sub-Saharan Africa

Gender-Based Violence Laws in Sub-Saharan Africa ( PDF format )

Substantive Consolidation Opinions

Special Report on the Preparation of Substantive Consolidation Opinions ( PDF format )

Succession Rules

Letter to the Governorâ€™s Office urging reforms to the succession rules in New York State ( PDF format )

Sudan

Letter to the Ambassaodr to the United Nations expressing concern over the situation in the Darfur region in Sudan. ( PDF format )

Summary prospectus

Letter to the SEC offering comments to the proposed amendments which seek to enhance the disclosure provided to investors in registered open-end management investment companies ( PDF format )

Syringe Exchange Programs

Letter to Congress regarding the federal funding ban for syringe exchange programs (December 2009) ( PDF format )

Report on A.8396/S.5620 which would de-criminalize possession of a hypodermic syringe or needle that is lawfully possessed under New Yorkâ€™s public health laws but contains a residual amount of a controlled substance (Reissued March 2010) ( PDF format )

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