New York, NY, March 5, 2026 – In a significant win for free speech, a New York Supreme Court judge has cleared the way for a major defamation and civil rights lawsuit against Accuracy in Media (“AIM”) and its president, Adam Guillette.  Justice Phaedra F. Perry-Bond denied the Defendants' motion to dismiss in its entirety, rejecting AIM’s attempt to use the First Amendment and anti-SLAPP laws to shield their conduct. The lawsuit arises from student protests at Columbia Univer

Press Conference: 11/12/25, 12:30 PM, Foley Square WHAT FOIA lawsuit by Chaofeng Ge’s brother against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) for information about his death at an immigration detention facility on August 5th. CONTACT David B. Rankin, 212-277-5825; drankin@blhny.com Members of the family are available for interviews upon request. SPEAKERS Family of Mr. Ge Adrianna Torres-García, Member of the Shut Down Detention Campaign Anacristina Fonseca, Community Advo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 23, 2025   MEDIA CONTACT Tess Weiner, tess@justicecommittee.org , 224-213-5495 Akash Singh, akash@drumnyc.org , 347-901-2815   New York, NY  –  The family of 19-year-old Win Rozario, killed in his home in front of his mother and younger brother by two NYPD officers in 2024, filed a lawsuit today against the City of New York, NYPD Officer Salvatore Alongi, Officer Matthew Cianfrocco other NYPD who violated the rights of Win’s mother and young

BURLINGTON, Vt. – From the bench, Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi from prison on bail today, pending the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New York, NY: On April 14, 2025, Mr. Mahdawi was attending his naturalization interview when he was unlawfully...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   BUFFALO, NEW YORK  - Today, Fisher & Byrialsen LLP, Beldock Levine Hoffman LLP, and Newirth Linehan PLLC...

Contact: Erin Gaffney 781-738-4221 egaffney@groupgordon.com   Luna Droubi 212-277-5875 ldroubi@blhny.com New York, New York, November...

New York, NY - Today, BLH joins Ben Crump Law and the People's Law Office in filing a historic lawsuit against the government on behalf...

On September 23, 2024, the Hon. Analisa Torres, a federal court judge in the NYPD stop-and-frisk cases, published an unprecedented and detailed report reviewing the NYPD’s disciplinary system . Judge Torres ordered that the Discipline Report be put together as part of the landmark federal monitorship overseeing reforms to the NYPD’s unconstitutional use of stop-and-frisk, trespass enforcement, and racial profiling during pedestrian encounters. The Discipline Report was writte

October 21, 2024    PHILADELPHIA, PA – The “Central Park Five” or “Exonerated Five” – the five individuals who were officially exonerated...