Joel Cohen

July 18, 2011 | Law.com

In this commentary, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan partner Joel Cohen examines calls for legislative and judicial recusals through the lens of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision and the continuing litigation over California's ban on same-sex marriages.

By Joel Cohen

8 minute read

August 13, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

Large verdicts and settlements in New Jersey.

By Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm

3 minute read

January 09, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, writes that every time a court rules in favor of a defendant's claim of "ineffective assistance of counsel," the criminal bar breaks out in a dire case of mixed emotions: happy about grounds for "second chance" hope for a convicted defendant; unhappy that new lawyers and courts sitting in habeas jurisdiction might find a way to second-guess our own behavior at trial.

By Joel Cohen

12 minute read

May 03, 2010 | Law.com

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was recently faced with an unusual appeal in which a criminal defendant raised an intriguing question about the perspectives that a judge can properly bring to bear on the bench. Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm examine the events in that case and the related ethical issues involving judges who Google.

By Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm

9 minute read

August 07, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan and an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School, writes that although there are bad apples among them, most private investigators dig up stuff using only proper means. But still, issues sometimes arise, and recent events have raised the consciousness of lawyers, particularly criminal and divorce lawyers who employ private investigators on a regular basis.

By Joel Cohen

12 minute read

January 10, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Joel Cohen, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, writes that the rules of evidence firmly bar settlement discussions from evidence. Nonetheless, even if they are inadmissible in court, the words exchanged, intended to be kept in confidence, can still have a life of their own � and may inappropriately impact the litigation or its course.

By Joel Cohen

11 minute read

December 07, 2010 | Daily Business Review

What's in a name? Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm examine the ethical and professional pitfalls in play when one's courtroom adversary turns out to be a former judge.

By Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm

10 minute read

July 26, 1999 | Law.com

A company that suspects wrongdoing by a current or former employee, or is defending itself against a lawsuit, is faced with several difficult decisions -- foremost of which is how to protect the company and expose the wrongdoer. The safest decision may be to hire a professional investigator. If the company chooses to hire a non-professional informer instead, just how dangerous is that option? A recent lawsuit against Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. illustrates the issues.

By Joel Cohen and Kevin Curnin

14 minute read

April 25, 2011 | Law.com

Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm examine the potentially perilous terrain of libel tourism, focusing on a New York professor of international law who wound up being prosecuted in France on criminal charges stemming from an unflattering book review.

By Joel Cohen and Katherine A. Helm

9 minute read