Brian Lee

April 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The agreement—with some details yet to be worked out—include protections for DAs from automatic case dismissals if it's determined the information hadn't been disclosed within the timeline provided by discovery reforms. It also allows judges to impose cash bail in a wider array of cases.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

April 07, 2022 | New York Law Journal

As a mandate deadline kicked in, more than 100 unvaccinated court workers were handed pink slips Thursday as a handful of judges—legally entitled to their jobs—were barred from courthouses.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

April 06, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Women described unwanted touching from male supervisors, attending parties where prostitutes were hired, being passed over for promotions, and being pushed out of their jobs for complaining about discrimination.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

April 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Kathy Hochul's comments focused on change, in a ceremony that marked the installation of nearly half the membership of New York's highest court.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

April 05, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The plaintiffs' attorney, Bobbie Anne Flower Cox, said the state health department, as an agent of the executive branch, didn't have the authority to enact the regulation. That should have been done by the legislature.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

April 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, described "progress" regarding lawmakers' discussions of Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed alterations to criminal discovery reform, but he added that other proposed criminal justice reforms had yet to be resolved.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

April 04, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The Fourth Department's temporary stay clarifies candidate petitions can be filed with state and local Board of Elections by Thursday.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

April 01, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The case is headed to either a mid-level state appeals court or the New York Court of Appeals.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

March 31, 2022 | New York Law Journal

One key backer of the measure suggested that making insurance companies responsible for childhood lead poisoning would do little to raise premiums. But that view was not universally shared.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

March 30, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The survey results come as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing wide changes to bail laws in her budget, including expansion of judicial discretion and an increase in the number of crimes eligible for bail.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read