Brian Lee

July 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Six of the judges are in the state's two downstate appellate courts, while two each were added to courts in Albany and Buffalo.

By Brian Lee

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July 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

"We're hedging our bets and suing in both forums," the plaintiffs' lawyer, Arthur Z. Schwartz of Advocates for Justice, Chartered Attorneys, said. A new lawsuit in Manhattan is running parallel to a complaint in federal court.

By Brian Lee

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July 26, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The GOP has focused on Albany attorney Paul Davenport to take the seat of retiring Justice Michael Cuevas. The Conservative Party is considering Davenport and Carl Falotico, a city judge in Schenectady.

By Brian Lee

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July 25, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The appeal was meant to prevent an incumbent three-term mayor and a councilmember from running yet again.

By Brian Lee

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July 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Government-related litigation is well reflected in state Supreme Court of Albany County data, where, except for divorces, Article 78 proceedings challenging actions or inaction by New York agencies and and local governments keep the court busiest.

By Brian Lee

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July 24, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Judicial conduct officials said it has accepted 128 such permanent resignation stipulations since the procedure was instituted in 2003.

By Brian Lee

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July 21, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank granted the counties' and town of Riverhead's petitions to change venues and sever the cases, uprooting the city's one-size-fits-all approach.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

July 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Third Department decision said a trial court should have dismissed claims of negligence and negligent hiring, retention and supervision relative that had been leveled against Warren County, where the plaintiff was placed in a foster home in the late 1970s.

By Brian Lee

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July 19, 2023 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein determined that Trump's lawyers failed to show that the conduct charged by the indictment were performed by or for him "under color of the official acts of a President."

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

July 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers argued that New York County is the proper venue "because it is the epicenter of the asylum seeker crisis."

By Brian Lee

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