Brian Lee

July 21, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Justice Barbara R. Kapnick of the Appellate Division, First Department, president of the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, said a bill adding new judges is a good start to addressing increased caseloads.

By Brian Lee

6 minute read

July 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Richard Simons, just the second associate judge to serve on the Court of Appeals through a gubernatorial appointment, served as chief judge temporarily and steadied New York's highest court in the wake of a scandal surrounding ex-Chief Judge Sol Wachtler.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 19, 2022 | New York Law Journal

Court of Appeals spokesman Gary Spencer said Chief Judge Janet DiFiore had yet to submit her resignation to the court clerk as of the close of business Tuesday.

By Brian Lee

2 minute read

July 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"I don't think that responding to politicization is the way to go," said New York Law School Professor Rebecca Roiphe, who studies lawyers' ethics and the history of the legal profession.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 18, 2022 | New York Law Journal

New York State Supreme Court Justice Kenneth L. Thompson Jr. on Thursday granted plaintiff Bay Plaza Community Center a judgment of $1,031,613, the principal balance owed by Cablevision Systems Corp. as of September 2021.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read

July 14, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The timeline for finding a new permanent chief judge is likely to require months, given the magnitude of the post, leading one of the nation's most complex court systems.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 13, 2022 | New York Law Journal

"Nothing in Bruen allows New York to make all of New York a sensitive place," said a lawyer working on a challenge to the state's law forbidding firearms from certain spaces.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 12, 2022 | New York Law Journal

The spokesman for the court system said the chief judge's resignation from the New York's highest court had nothing to do with the ethics investigation. DiFiore will be leaving as many perceive her to have control of the high court, on which she is one of four judges who have recently come together to outvote its progressive wing.

By Brian Lee

5 minute read

July 11, 2022 | New York Law Journal

DiFiore's letter stressed operational and decisional excellence to every level of the court system while leading the high court in developing a strong, predictable body of law.

By Brian Lee

10 minute read

July 08, 2022 | New York Law Journal

A report prepared by Hogan Lovells said ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive chamber "overpowered" the New York Joint Commission on Public Ethics to expedite approval for writing a book on the early days of the pandemic.

By Brian Lee

4 minute read