Brian Lee

June 28, 2024 | New York Law Journal

As lobbying soared north of $360 million in New York in 2023, eclipsing the prior year's standard of $331.5 million, NYSTLA was a Top 10 spender, keeping its eighth-place ranking in paying out more than $1.4 million for services, a moderate increase from the $1.3 million it spent in 2022.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

June 28, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A panel consisting of former and present litigators in New York's Solicitor General's Office weighed in on five key cases.

By Brian Lee

8 minute read

June 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Criminal defense attorney Lee Kindlon, founder of The Kindlon Law Firm in Albany, New York, is set to run unopposed on November's ballot.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

June 25, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A gun store owner independently paid for the sign which derided a candidate challenging the incumbent DA.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 25, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Velasquez is the current president of the Queens Supreme Court Justices Association, but will be stepping down from that role so that it does not overlap with her leadership of the New York City association.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

June 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal

DFS Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris called the new rules "a critical step to ensure that New York's affordable housing providers are not discriminated against."

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

June 24, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judge Richard Sise has been named presiding judge of the court with exclusive authority over civil lawsuits involving monetary claims against the state government and agencies.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 21, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Meanwhile, four attorneys and a judge are vying for three Family Court judgeships, one of the seats newly created by lawmakers.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

June 20, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Backers of the measure said they expect California to follow suit, and hope similar laws will be adopted nationally.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

June 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Monroe County justice's ruling was based largely on five of the 12 pregnancy center's locations in the 7th Judicial District, with no connection to Manhattan, which is hundreds of miles from the majority of the plaintiffs. Now the Fourth Department will have to decide.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read