Joel Stashenko

May 08, 2017 | New York Law Journal

State Supreme Court Justice Reginald Boddie denied the city's motion for summary dismissal of the personal injury lawsuit brought against the city by attorney-cyclist Donald Olenick over a crash between him and a pedestrian on the Brooklyn Bridge in July 2010.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

May 05, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday he wants the process of selecting a replacement for the late state Court of Appeals Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam completed nearly three months sooner than the timetable provided for in state Judiciary Law.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

May 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The 5-0 Court of Appeals decision said there were valid public policy concerns behind the 2013 decision by the Administrative Board of the Courts to prohibit the practice of blocking justices that it certifies to stay on the bench past the retirement age of 70 from receiving pensions for past judicial work.

By Joel Stashenko

16 minute read

May 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Police officers in New York may run license plate checks without any suspicion of wrongdoing by their occupants and have probable cause to stop vehicles if registration violations are indicated, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

12 minute read

May 04, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Charles O'Brien will succeed Jonathan Gradess as executive director of the New York State Defenders Association when Gradess retires in August after running the Albany-based organization for 39 years.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

May 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Proposed regulations published Wednesday by the New York State Department of Financial Services would formalize rules the state banking and insurance regulator imposed earlier as part of a crackdown against kickbacks and other inducements for providing referrals to select title agents and companies.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

May 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

District Court Judge Charles Siragusa ruled April 30 from Rochester that the 1838 Treaty of Buffalo Creek between the U.S. and Native Ameican nations in NY didn't "disestablish" the Cayuga Reservation as Seneca County maintained.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

May 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Celebrity chef Kyle Connaughton may not sue Chipotle Mexican Grill for allegedly fraudulently inducing him to believe it was going to develop fast-food ramen restaurants with him, New York's highest court ruled Tuesday.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Brooklyn district attorney's office may present evidence that an eight-month-old suffered injuries attributable to shaken baby syndrome, despite the defense's claim that the diagnosis has lost acceptance within the scientific community, a judge ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

May 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A defendant who was not ordered by a judge to undergo a psychiatric evaluation despite engaging in several "inappropriate outbursts" in court should get a new trial, an appeals court concluded.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read