Brian Lee

March 21, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The 6-0 New York Court of Appeals remitted the case to the Third Department, Appellate Division, in a reversal of two lower court rulings against the lender, James B. Nutter & Co.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

March 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The proposal drew instant and strong pushback, with a court spokesman saying "many aspects of these measures are an affront to the constitutional separation of powers."

By Brian Lee

8 minute read

March 20, 2023 | New York Law Journal

In two cases the acting chief judge and the latest addition to the court voted with the majority, once for a criminal defendant and once for the prosecution.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

March 17, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The measure would boost the capacity of legal service providers to an estimated 65,000 people who lack access to representation in immigration court, advocates said.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

March 16, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The fight to pass a measure which would eliminate state court fees and probation fees, mandatory minimum fines, and incarceration on the basis of unpaid fines and fees, and garnishment of commissary accounts, seems to be an uphill battle.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

March 15, 2023 | New York Law Journal

If approved, the expanded hours would begin one night per week in two of the city's boroughs, expanding to three boroughs by 2025.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

March 15, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she wants to strike the "least restrictive means" language from the law because she said it often hamstrings judges.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

March 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The proposal to take back a tax break is the latest apparent twist in a battle with the entertainment venue's owner who has been maligned for enforcing an "adverse attorney" ban.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

March 14, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The legal battle centers on a determination by Judge Lawrence K. Marks in a Manhattan trial court in 2015 that held the arbitration process by Major League Baseball's Revenue Sharing Definitions Committee, which had decided in favor of the Nationals, was "evidently partial."

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

March 13, 2023 | New York Law Journal

PDs are asking Albany lawmakers for $132 million, which they say would mirror the allocations provided to the district attorneys this year and last year for which no funds were provided to the defense. They are planning to converge on the New York Capitol on March 22.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read