Brian Lee
Reporter at New York Law Journal
Brian Lee, reporter for the New York Law Journal. Email: [email protected]
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2 days ago |
law.com | Brian Lee |Brian and Dayna Lee
A New Yorker represented by Wolf Popper had argued that he had bought Visa Vanilla gift cards, believing that the payments giant had taken measures to protect its cards from widespread card draining scams. But U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods for the Southern District of New York dismissed the case, unconvinced that Visa had sold or marketed the cards to trick consumers into believing they were safe from scammers.
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3 days ago |
law.com | Brian Lee |Brian and Dayna Lee
Democratic-sponsored legislation that would add create two judicial districts, while making Erie, Monroe and Onondaga counties their own districts effective in January 2027, has passed in the legislature, in an effort to diversify the bench in urban hubs in Central and Western New York. However, a political foe said the proposal attempts to "gerrymander" the judiciary.
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1 week ago |
law.com | Brian Lee |Brian and Dayna Lee
If signed into law, New York would become the 12th state, along with the District of Columbia, to allow Medical Aid in Dying, legislation that would allow mentally competent, terminally ill patients who are 18 or older access to prescription medications to hasten their death.
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1 week ago |
law.com | Brian Lee |Brian and Dayna Lee
A New York judge agreed to step down at the end of 2025, rather than defend against charges he made offensive and inappropriate comments to prosecutors and court staff for more than a year, and even after he had been cautioned by a judicial misconduct watchdog.
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1 week ago |
law.com | Brian Lee |Brian and Dayna Lee
U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams found that any of the free speech issues posed by the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses, or FARE Act, were justified by New York City's "substantial" interests in addressing housing immobility.
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RT @VaughnEGolden: NO-SHOW-RAN! Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has missed every single roll call vote since the state budget was passed on May…
NY's top court decisively strikes NYC law that had wanted to allow approx 800k noncitizens to vote in city elections. NYS Constitution "limits voting to citizens," CJ Wilson writes for 6-1 majority. Rivera 32-pg dissent: "majority diminishes the power of localities statewide."
In another split vote, the New York Court of Appeals has just reinstated COELIG, the state's ethics watchdog, which is investigating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $5 million book deal.