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
September 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal
NY Government Attorneys Asks High Court to Restore Ethics Watchdog's AuthorityAn ethics investigation of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose attorneys from Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP moved to sideline the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, hangs in the balance.
By Brian Lee
4 minute read
September 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal
State's Prosecutors Mourns Death of Former Hudson Valley ProsecutorPaul Czajka, 70, was Columbia County's longest-serving DA, having served six terms.
By Brian Lee
2 minute read
September 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Attorney of the Year Finalist: Hank Greenberg of Greenberg TraurigHenry "Hank" Greenberg, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig's Albany office with a long list of public-service accolades and a finalist for Law…
By Brian Lee
7 minute read
September 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Meet the New York Court System's New Coordinator of Judicial AppointmentsDesirée Kim's new role will entail acting as a liaison to the governor and New York City mayor's offices, along with the state Board of Elections, regarding judicial vacancies and appointments.
By Brian Lee
2 minute read
September 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal
NY Top Court Asked to Eliminate Financial Barrier for Corporations to Dispute Tax BillsAppellate lawyers from Harris Beach say that this pre-payment requirement is unfair to corporations , and they're asking the New York Court of Appeals to accept the case, and then declare the legislative requirement unconstitutional.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
August 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Legal Profession Decries Uptick in Hate Crimes; Call for Additional ReinforcementsNew York reported 1,089 reported instances in 2023, the highest number since data collection and annual reporting were mandated by New York's Hates Crimes Act of 2000, according to a recent report.
By Brian Lee
4 minute read
August 29, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Federal Waste-Hauling Antitrust Claim Laboring Through DiscoveryAlbany lawyers from Boies Schiller & Flexner, Dreyer Boyajian and Nixon Peabody continue to toil away at discovery as the litigation in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York approaches year four.
By Brian Lee
6 minute read
August 28, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Judge Fast-Tracks Hemp Operators' Lawsuit Against New YorkSeveral of the parties' attorneys met behind closed doors for hours while engaged in settlement talks in acting state Supreme Court Justice Roger D. McDonough's chambers in the Albany trial court.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Silvera Is Named to Oversee New York City Trial Courts' Daily OperationsSilvera was appointed to his new role by the state's Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, with Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson's approval.
By Brian Lee
2 minute read
August 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal
Cracks in Nordea Bank's Money-Laundering Controls Results in $35M NY FineNordea, which has had a branch in New York City for decades, said it has since fortified those efforts, while its former processes, policies and controls involved a shuttered brank in Denmark and Nordea's former operations in the Baltics.
By Brian Lee
3 minute read
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