Brian Lee

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

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I really, really, really miss Monday Night Football. @YouTubeTV @espn.

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@CharlesLavineNY @NYLawJournal Thanks for weighing in on an important issue.

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When you’re looking for something to watch on TV and the Law and Order rerun has ADA Cutter reading the @NYLawJournal

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NO-SHOW-RAN! Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has missed every single roll call vote since the state budget was passed on May 8.

"Some people take their jobs seriously, others don't," one Democratic lawmaker told The Post.
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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."

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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.

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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

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NY Senate Judiciary Comm. is interviewing 25 attorneys for judgeships this morning. Thus far it's advanced gubernatorial nomination of R. Nadine Fontaine to
Ct of Claims. Fontaine is GC to the Dormitory Authority of NY, ex-assistant counsel to former Gov. Cuomo.

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Re Weinstein: Judge Rivera wrote split majority opinion, joined by CJ Wilson and two guest judges. Singas, Cannataro, Garcia dissent. 'NY's women deserve better,' majority whitewashed facts to conform to he-said, she said narrative, writes Singas.

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New York Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction.

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From @mayakauf @Politico on 4/12: "The case, which has not been previously reported..." https://t.co/xZoUQhIHvA
From the NY Law Journal on 3/25: https://t.co/mOOQ2fnfiJ

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SCOOP: Susan Friedman, senior staff attorney for the Innocence Project, will be named the long-awaited lead attorney for the New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct, an independent body signed into law in 2021.
https://t.co/muG8VxVeRp

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Dems win redistricting case in NYCOA. Renwick deciding vote in majority decision written by CJ Wilson upholding 3rd Dept order for new congressional map (w/ Rivera, Troutman). Cannataro wrote dissent (Garcia, Singas).

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NY Court of Appeals Judge Caitlin Halligan has recused herself from redistricing case set for arguments in November (1st Dept PJ will step in):
https://t.co/ozC3m8yn2X

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@NYElectionNews @sarbetter @JonCampbellNY @ChrisBragg1 @RedistrictNet @npfandos @poozer87 @therealjsolo @Danjanison @YanceyRoy @NickReisman @JeffWice @NYCourtsCOA We wrote about this in @NYLJ a week ago.

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Bill Filing Would Allow Rural Judges to Bring Guns to Court | New York Law Journal https://t.co/5P6DkeZ4UG

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More litigation from Tops shooting:
https://t.co/UoaLTFY516

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Wilson Selects Ex-Counsel to Senate Dems as His Top Staff Attorney; Republicans Decry Choice | New York Law Journal https://t.co/yN0FFsH6XZ

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New York's highest court today says music producer Dr. Luke is 'a limited public figure' and thus he must prove that pop singer Kesha acted with malice. The two have been embroiled in litigation for years involving her allegation that the producer raped her.

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Interesting story from @HankGrezlak and @nycpatrickd chronicling the growing demand for empathetic leadership at today's law firms. Looks like the "tough guy" management style is outdated and potentially detrimental to employee retention. https://t.co/xHkoOCqmRF via @lawdotcom