Brian Lee

January 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals Judge Jenny Rivera sounded unconvinced by an argument that the virus had changed the environment inside eateries.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

January 09, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled the proposal to create new judgeships, by freeing their number from populations figures, in her State of the State Address Tuesday.

By Brian Lee

8 minute read

January 08, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Timothy Mercer, a former justice of Athens Town Court in Greene County,was voted out of office in November.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

January 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Amid the sharp increase in incidents, court officials have redoubled their commitment to safety and a new impetus gathered behind a legislative response.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

January 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

In making its unanimous decision, the Appellate Division, Third Department, turned back a lawsuit filed on behalf of a trade association of 50-plus law firms that represent motorists in traffic violation adjudicatory proceedings.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

January 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The group released two studies comparing decisions by justice courts with city courts in five counties in the wake of lawmakers instituting landmark bail reforms that removed financial considerations from pretrial release for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felonies in 2020.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

January 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Wessel Keane has been a judge for the Erie County Supreme Court in the Eighth Judicial District of New York since January 2017.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

January 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

The Court of Appeals' ruling is expected to have broad implications not just for New York—one of the hardest hit states during the pandemic—but nationally, since the court's interpretation of the policy language could impact how other courts rule on pandemic-related business interruption disputes.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

January 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

E. Leo Milonas, a longtime partner at Pillsbury, oversaw the formation and implementation of the Supreme Court's Commercial Division.

By Brian Lee

7 minute read

January 02, 2024 | New York Law Journal

In her State of the State message, Gov. Kathy Hochul urged lawmakers to empower the attorney general's office and financial regulators to crack down on abusive business practices.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read