Joel Stashenko

January 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressed no problems with the Judiciary's $2.18 billion budget request for 2017-18 when the governor released his $152.3 billion budget on Tuesday.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The commercial bar has advocated for years for an experienced commercial litigator to be placed on New York's highest court, and hailed Gov. Cuomo's nomination of Cravath litigator Rowan Wilson.

By Joel Stashenko

17 minute read

January 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A state judge said it would violate an Orthodox Jewish man's constitutional rights for the judge to use a secular divorce proceeding to compel him to grant his wife a "Get"—a religious authorization to remarry.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

January 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Pamela McDevitt, director of the law practice and technology group at the American Bar Association, has been named the new executive director of the New York State Bar Association.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 16, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Cravath Swaine & Moore partner Rowan Wilson has been nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the state Court of Appeals.

By Joel Stashenko

20 minute read

January 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A judge has granted class-action status to potential plaintiffs who may have been improperly jailed by New York City from 2009-12 based on civil detention requests by federal immigration officials.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

January 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to close the Indian Point nuclear power plant relieves Entergy Corp. of the need to defend against expensive legal challenges to relicensing but may not end all the battles.

By Joel Stashenko

24 minute read

January 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Bar groups are lining up in support of new initiative announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a public-private partnership that would make counsel available to all immigrants facing proceedings at which their detention or deportation is at stake.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Fantasy sports require players to display savvy and skill to succeed, not merely luck, attorneys for New York state are arguing in defense of the 2016 statute that legalized FanDuel, DraftKings and other internet-based gaming operators.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

January 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office said a subsidiary of Citigroup has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty to New York state to resolve a four-year investigation in which it acknowledged overcharging customers some $22.5 million in fees.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read