February - 2020

News & Articles

BLH Client and Previous Stop-and-Frisk Plaintiff Settles with City After Recent Stop-and-Frisk

David Ourlicht, a lead plaintiff, and BLH client, in the Stop-and-Frisk trial, sued the City again in 2018 after he was again stopped and...

BLH Pushes for Identities of Rikers' Island Corrections Officers on Behalf of Madeline Feliciano

BLH attorneys Jonathan Moore and David Rankin are pushing for five Rikers Island corrections officers to be identified after security...

BLH Client Testifies Before Senate About Sexual Abuse in Federal Prisons

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee heard testimony from BLH Client Brianne Moore, who was repeatedly...

Emergency Request Filed to Stop City's Unconstitutional Mental Health Involuntary Removal Policy

Emergency request filed in ongoing class action litigation to reform the City's mental health crisis response and stop routine abuses A...

Family of Ronald Anthony Smith, Struck and Killed by NYPD Van, Demands Justice and Release of Video

On April 7, NYPD officers Orkhan Mamedov and Evan Siegel were reportedly transporting people in a New York Police Department van when...

Art Law Corner: Should I Register My Visual Art?

Should I register my visual art with the US Copyright Office? A work does not need to be registered with the US Copyright Office to be...