Joel Stashenko

January 25, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State laws that tax tobacco sales by Native American vendors from two western New York tribes to non-Indians do not infringe on tribal sovereignty or other constitutional rights, a federal judge ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

January 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Chief New York state utility regulator Audrey Zibelman will step down to become the chief executive officer of the Australian Energy Market Operator.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Anticipating possible coverage gaps as the Trump administration reworks the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed that all commercial health insurance policies in New York state provide contraceptive and medically necessary abortion coverage without co-pays, co-insurance or deductibles.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

January 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A judge threw out a breach-of-contract claim from a man who said the New York Post reneged on a promise to publish a story about his success at improving the shooting touch of former New York Knicks player Allan Houston.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 23, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Supporters of the bill said they hope early filing would give them a better chance to rally support. A similar bill introduced toward the end of the 2016 session failed to advance out of committee in either the Senate or Assembly.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The internet age and its influence on American culture and the law will be much in evidence as the New York State Bar Association holds its 2017 annual meeting beginning Monday in Manhattan.

By Joel Stashenko

11 minute read

January 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Janet DiFiore will present the 2017 State of the Judiciary speech, her first as the state's chief judge, from the Bronx Criminal Hall of Justice on Feb. 22.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York regulators have made Coinbase Inc. the latest virtual currency and money transmission company to be licensed by the state.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

January 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Creation of a new federal bank charter for financial technology companies would stifle competition and usurp effective state regulation, financial services Superintendent Maria Vullo argued in comments opposing the charter.

By Joel Stashenko

11 minute read

January 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The attorneys general of five states and the District of Columbia urged the chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions III for U.S. attorney general.

By Joel Stashenko

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