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Brian Lee

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Brian Lee, reporter for the New York Law Journal. Email: [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | law.com | Brian Lee

    Who Got The Work J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

  • 2 weeks ago | law.com | Brian Lee

    Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel recently secured a $1.2 million settlement and legal fees to resolve a federal lawsuit on behalf of a former prisoner who sustained permanent injuries from an alleged beating by a high-ranking correction officer in 2016. U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby signed the settlement order on March 28.

  • 2 weeks ago | law.com | Brian Lee

    The delay in enactment of New York State's budget headed into a second week on Monday, as district attorneys in New York City, and an ethnically diverse caucus of lawmakers continued to disagree on the governor's proposed changes to the state's automatic discovery statute, a major sticking point in negotiations.

  • 2 weeks ago | law.com | Brian Lee

    A New York federal judge has denied several of the state government's motions to dismiss causes of actions by a whistleblower state court officer. Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe's ruling in U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, on Wednesday declined to grant immunity to former and current high-ranking court leaders who disciplined and fired the court officer, who was later reinstated.

  • 3 weeks ago | law.com | Brian Lee

    Passage of New York State’s $252 billion budget remains in a holding pattern—days after it was due—as lawmakers remain at odds on a proposed clawback of discovery reforms and three other policy reforms proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, told reporters on Thursday in Albany.

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Brian Lee
Brian Lee @bleereporter
20 Mar 25

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."

Brian Lee
Brian Lee @bleereporter
18 Feb 25

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.

Brian Lee
Brian Lee @bleereporter
5 Feb 25

Haven't tweeted in a while, but wanted to flag my interview of retired NY Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman backing the Harvey Weinstein bill, a reform measure that would give state judges discretion to admit relevant evidence of prior uncharged acts. https://t.co/qwleLfS4N3