Brian Lee

August 09, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Doe" cases have been around for years, and run the gamut from written works to movies, music, and adult entertainment.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

August 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Billed in marketing materials as a fast, safe and secure way to send money, Zelle holds virtually no recourse for consumers to recoup losses due to fraud, which is unlike just about every other payment method commonly used by Americans, including debit and credit cards and checks, a federal class-action lawsuit in New York alleges.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 28, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The holdouts have left a combined $4.18 million on the table thus far, according to figures from the Division of Criminal Justice Services. A total of $34.5 million has been disbursed, the state agency said.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

July 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers serving as assigned counsel described "drowning" in their respective caseloads amid an exodus of 18-B lawyers. They expressed hope and relief that a court-order pay raise would ease those woes.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

July 26, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Judge Jenny Rivera has been participating remotely for months because she has declined to be vaccinated. Her decision to change that stance—based on the availability of a new type of vaccine—may remove an impediment to her serving as interim chief judge, if she is chosen by her colleagues on the state's highest court.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

July 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Plaintiffs' lawyer, Michael J. Dell, a partner in Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, told the New York Law Journal he will file another lawsuit on behalf of his clients if the state doesn't apply the raises to assigned counsel throughout the entire state, not just New York City.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A 10-year, no-poach enforcement agreement will start in December, and the firm agreed to pay the seven-figure penalty, which amounts to $50,000 for each month it had the illegal agreements in effect.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

July 25, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A letter by state Sens. Anthony Palumbo, R-Riverhead, and Tom O'Mara, R-Big Flats, on Monday asks Gov. Kathy Hochul for transparency regarding dispersement of the Criminal Justice Discovery Compensation Fund for district attorneys across the state.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

July 22, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A person who attacked GOP gubernatorial nominee and U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin with a sharp object at a campaign stop was arrested and released without bail, sparking outrage by opponents of a 2019 law that halted the assess­ment of cash bail in most misde­mean­or and nonvi­ol­ent felon­y cases.

By Brian Lee

3 minute read

July 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A New York State appeals court unanimously upheld the New York State Police's denial of the press outlet's five-tiered Freedom of Information Law request, which was deemed too broad and vague.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read