Joel Stashenko

March 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The state panel that investigates allegations of misconduct against judges and recommends punishments said it received the third-most complaints in its history in 2016.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Final rules exempt a few insurers from complying with New York's new state-mandated cybersecurity safeguards, but the regulations put into place this week provide few deviations from the plan first outlined last year by the state Department of Financial Services.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

February 27, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York state court administrators are seeking passage of a law in 2017 they say would undo a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision and clarify that New York courts have jurisdiction over litigation involving foreign companies licensed in New York.

By Joel Stashenko

15 minute read

February 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state prison inmate pleaded guilty Friday to trying to arrange to have a person attack the former Long Island assistant district attorney who prosecuted him for murder in the 1990s.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

February 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The state's Division of Human Rights said it secured $5.2 million in compensation for 923 victims of discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation in New York state in 2016.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

February 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The assumption of risk inherent in the relatively modern game of disc golf are the same as for the more traditional form of the game, a state judge ruled in throwing out the claim of an injured player.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

February 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York state's comptroller said Thursday he has lined up support from 47 other investors in the Exxon Mobil Corp. for a proposed shareholder resolution requiring the energy company to report on how its business will be affected by climate change mitigation efforts.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

February 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court Thursday reinstated an action by a convict who claims a made-for-TV movie about his murder case was in violation of a state law barring fictionalized portrayals for "purposes of trade."

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

February 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Janet DiFiore kept the focus of her first State of the Judiciary address Wednesday almost entirely on the internal workings of the state courts and her efforts so far as chief judge to improve their efficiency.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

February 22, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Airbnb and its critics in New York City are back in conflict over 2016 state rental law, with the company's supporters now charging that a state law penalizing those who advertise units illegally discriminates against minorities.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read