Brian Lee

May 09, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The majority, in a win for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, said lawmakers violated the separation of powers in creating the new watchdog group.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

May 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Attorney Zenith T. Taylor has been selected to serve as the New York State Unified Court System's Statewide Civic Engagement Coordinator.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

May 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal

An apology isn't enough, the group said, for District Attorney Sandra Doorley's behavior over a speeding ticket.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

May 07, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Court of Claims Judge Vincent Del Guidice is due for reappointment. But he was the leader in issuing sentences that appellate courts reduced in the interest of justice.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

May 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal

"Public confidence is irretrievably lost in a judge who engages in the criminal sale of drugs, and the resulting damage to the integrity of the court system is immeasurable," said Commission Administrator and Counsel Robert Tembeckjian.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

May 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The settlement in principle accounts for New Jersey-based Amneal's role in fueling the national epidemic of opioid addictions and overdoses, New York and California said in separate statements.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

May 02, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Its enactment, advocates say, would prevent the governor and legislature from rerouting money from the IOLA fund in future state budgets.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

May 01, 2024 | New York Law Journal

After both men went to prison on grand larceny convictions, assistants from New York Attorney General's Charities Bureau petitioned a court to reinstate the Bruggeman's original trusts—and effort that one of the attorneys fought from prison, albeit unsuccessfully.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

April 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal

A state lawsuit filed on Tuesday by Westchester County attorney Bernard Kleinman, on behalf of woman-owned Tree Hills Innovation, alleges the state is only paying "lip service" about the importance of women-led businesses's entry to the market.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

April 30, 2024 | New York Law Journal

In a rare split ruling, four of the 10 commissioners who participated in the decision said they would have preferred to remove Court of Claims and Acting State Supreme Court Justice Mark J. Grisanti of Erie County.

By Brian Lee

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