Law Firms Push New York to Drop Police Misconduct Report Shield (Bloomberg Law)

Bloomberg Law, June 8, 2020

Law Firms Push New York to Drop Police Misconduct Report Shield

Larren Nashelsky, chair of Morrison & Foerster, led the group in signing a letter asking New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders to quickly repeal Section 50-a of the New York State Civil Rights Law. The group also includes representatives of Sullivan & Cromwell; Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld….The New York City Bar Association found in a report this month that Section 50-a is “a major barrier to police accountability,” Nashelsky wrote.

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