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Brian Lee is an Albany-based litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal. He has worked at daily newspapers in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @bleereporter
July 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Judge Jenny Rivera has been participating remotely for months because she has declined to be vaccinated. Her decision to change that stance—based on the availability of a new type of vaccine—may remove an impediment to her serving as interim chief judge, if she is chosen by her colleagues on the state's highest court.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
July 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Plaintiffs' lawyer, Michael J. Dell, a partner in Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, told the New York Law Journal he will file another lawsuit on behalf of his clients if the state doesn't apply the raises to assigned counsel throughout the entire state, not just New York City.
By Brian Lee
5 minute read
July 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
A 10-year, no-poach enforcement agreement will start in December, and the firm agreed to pay the seven-figure penalty, which amounts to $50,000 for each month it had the illegal agreements in effect.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
July 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal
A letter by state Sens. Anthony Palumbo, R-Riverhead, and Tom O'Mara, R-Big Flats, on Monday asks Gov. Kathy Hochul for transparency regarding dispersement of the Criminal Justice Discovery Compensation Fund for district attorneys across the state.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
July 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal
A person who attacked GOP gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin with a sharp object at a campaign stop was arrested and released without bail, sparking outrage by opponents of a 2019 law that halted the assessment of cash bail in most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony cases.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
July 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal
A New York State appeals court unanimously upheld the New York State Police's denial of the press outlet's five-tiered Freedom of Information Law request, which was deemed too broad and vague.
By Brian Lee
4 minute read
July 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Justice Barbara R. Kapnick of the Appellate Division, First Department, president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, said a bill adding new judges is a good start to addressing increased caseloads.
By Brian Lee
6 minute read
July 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Richard Simons, just the second associate judge to serve on the Court of Appeals through a gubernatorial appointment, served as chief judge temporarily and steadied New York's highest court in the wake of a scandal surrounding ex-Chief Judge Sol Wachtler.
By Brian Lee
5 minute read
July 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal
Court of Appeals spokesman Gary Spencer said Chief Judge Janet DiFiore had yet to submit her resignation to the court clerk as of the close of business Tuesday.
By Brian Lee
2 minute read
July 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal
"I don't think that responding to politicization is the way to go," said New York Law School Professor Rebecca Roiphe, who studies lawyers' ethics and the history of the legal profession.
By Brian Lee
5 minute read
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