Joel Stashenko

March 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A man who had to have his testicle removed after he was struck in the groin by a golf club swung by the general manager of the country club where both worked may proceed with his liability suit, an appeals court decided Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gregg Sayre was named by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Wednesday as new head of the state Public Service Commission, New York state government's utility-regulating agency.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is proposing to "streamline" the Environmental Quality Review Act—the state's main means of gauging the environmental impact of major development projects since the mid-1970s—partly by classifying more projects as not requiring review.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Key legislators are raising concerns about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to create a Division of Central Administrative Hearings in the executive department of state government.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

March 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York regulators have fined the Lincoln Financial Group $1.5 million for the company's failure to deal with widespread claims-processing errors and its tardiness at reporting the problem to the state.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

March 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state law requiring that not-for-profit groups begin disclosing the identities of their larger donors to the state Commission on Public Ethics is being challenged in a new federal suit.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

March 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York court administrators have formally devised language they say parties should use if they wish to designate the Commercial Division of state Supreme Court as having jurisdiction over legal disputes.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

March 07, 2017 | New York Law Journal

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor is scheduled to make two appearances in early April at Albany colleges.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 06, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Oxford Health Plans (NY) and Oxford Health Insurance have been fined $1 million for what New York state regulators said was the failure to properly respond to consumer complaints and the use of unlicensed agents.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Three cases New York state's highest court will hear later this month involve complaints critics have leveled since 2012, when the state introduced strict new restrictions on restoring license privileges to repeat drunken drivers.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read