Brian Lee

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

March 10, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The appeals court's decision on Thursday came about a week after Erica Vladimer deplored Jeffrey Klein's recent re-emergence in the state Capitol for a lobbying effort.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

March 09, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The caseloads of attorneys for children, ranging up to 150 child clients, can be triple those of government and parent attorneys.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

March 08, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Led by Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives, Edwina Richardson-Mendelson, the efforts centered on mandatory and comprehensive racial-bias training, beefed up diversity awareness in hiring, and creation of equal justice committees in each of the 13 judicial districts, to implement reforms at the local level.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

March 08, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Reasons that make New York a likely target include its scaffold law, which accounts for nearly half of all nuclear verdicts, the report said.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

March 08, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The results, a spokesman for NY Inspector General Lucy Lang's office said, were telling, as many offices that were initially interested had to decline due to political considerations.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read