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Brian Lee

Brian Lee

Brian Lee is an Albany-based litigation reporter for the New York Law Journal. He has worked at daily newspapers in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @bleereporter

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June 17, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Nonattorney NY Judge Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Probe

A former town justice had been accused of sending the woman inappropriate text messages unrelated to court business, and when she told him to stop, he retaliated by trying to have her fired, the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said in a statement.

By Brian Lee

1 minute read

June 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Group Presses for Quicker Resolution of Child Victims Act Cases, Claiming Backlog

The Office of Court Administration pushed back, saying court leaders are prioritizing these complicated cases that often involve decades-old allegations.

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4 minute read

June 14, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Federal Lawsuit Says NYC Padlocking Alleged Illegal Pot Shops Afoul of 14th Amendment

The complaint accuses the city of unlawfully shuttering more than 200 businesses in the past six weeks under the state government's recently enacted SMOKEOUT Act.

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4 minute read

June 13, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Buffalo Attorney Who Served as NYSBA's First Female President Has Died

The association's president from 1987-88, Maryann Saccomando Freedman was also the first state bar leader to visit all 62 counties to gain a broader perspective of the bar's needs.

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6 minute read

June 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Pushback to Migrant Relocation Compared to Trespassing of Blacks From '60s Restaurant Sit-ins

Pryor Cashman has said in court filings that Newburgh's application of zoning rules is a smokescreen for attempting to punish his client for exercising its constitutional and statutory rights to house migrants.

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4 minute read

June 12, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Cuomo Files Lawsuit Asking for NY to Foot Bill to Defend Federal Sexual Harassment Lawsuits

"Tish James is playing games, withholding documents she does not want to turn over because they undermine her political, since discredited report – but these documents are important to Gov. Cuomo's right to defend himself in two federal lawsuits," Cuomo's spokesman said.

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5 minute read

June 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Bill to Lift NY's Lifetime Ban on Felons Serving Jury Duty Is Set To Go to Gov.'s Office

The Jury of Our Peers Act, if signed into law, would follow New York lawmakers' restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of felonies, on their release from incarceration, in 2021.

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4 minute read

June 11, 2024 | New York Law Journal

NY Governor to Mull Rollback of Public Notaries' Record-Keeping Requirements

Public notaries saw a steep year-over-year decline as of the latest figures provided by the Department of State to the New York Law Journal on Tuesday.

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4 minute read

June 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

NY Judge To Be Admonished After Statements Prompted by Gun Violence

Rochester City Court Judge Van White, according to New York's judicial watchdog, was a high-profile participant in a demonstration.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

June 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Legislation to Expand on NY Courts' Piecemeal e-Filing Program Headed to Gov.

The bill points out that e-filing isn't mandatory in certain major classes of civil cases in state Supreme Court, such as matrimonial and Article 78 cases against state agencies and government.

By Brian Lee

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