Joel Stashenko

March 15, 2017 | New York Law Journal

City visitors in Buffalo for the NCAA tournament games this week can't hail drivers through ridesharing apps, and a new "#UberMadness" campaign hopes to use the occasion to promote passage in Albany of a bill legalizing ride-sharing throughout New York state.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

March 15, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A judge says a homeowner may pursue his claim for fraud against USAA Casualty Insurance based on his contention of erroneously being told by a USAA claims representative that his homeowner's policy did not cover damage done to his house during a record-breaking five-foot snowfall in 2013.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The state's highest court will decide whether court administrators may block judges who have been "certificated" to stay on the bench past age 70 from receiving state pensions for past judicial work even as they draw a full salary as Supreme Court justices.

By Joel Stashenko

16 minute read

March 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An upstate New York college student who was involuntarily committed for a mental health evaluation after invoking the name "Columbine" during a dispute with officials is not entitled to the sealing of psychiatric records, a state appeals court ruled March 9.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

March 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state judge dismissed the suit brought by the one-time administrative officer of the Federal Defenders of New York, saying nondiscriminatory factors appeared to have led to his termination amid a midyear, 10 percent budget cut following federal sequestration in 2013.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

March 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to create the group on Feb. 14, when he signed a bill halting New York City from implementing a nickel-a-bag fee until at least 2018, saying at the time that the city-only law would have given a "windfall" to merchants, who would keep the fee, but not solve the statewide environmental problem.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Northern District U.S. Attorney Richard Hartunian, who has been with the office for nearly 20 years, said he has been told he will be allowed to stay in office until he reaches the pension milestone.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Groups representing the nation's largest online marketplaces are coming together to attempt to defeat a proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to have internet retailers collect state sales taxes from purchases made by state residents from third parties through their websites.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 10, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A group which says it speaks for ride-hail drivers in New York City said Thursday it has started an advertising campaign on social media to have Uber and other ride-sharing services in the city provide an in-app tipping option for riders.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

March 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Calling it the logical extension of the legalization of same-sex marriage and the 2016 expansion of unmarried partners' custody rights in New York, a judge has granted "tri-custody" of a boy to a man and two women who have all helped raise the youngster.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read