Joel Stashenko

October 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York Court of Appeals Judge Eugene Pigott Jr. said Tuesday he wants to become an acting state Supreme Court justice in Buffalo once he steps down from the high court on Dec. 31 due to mandatory retirement rules.

By Joel Stashenko

12 minute read

October 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Oct. 25 that his office has settled false advertising suits he filed last year against fantasy sports betting operations FanDuel and DraftKings. The companies agreed to pay $6 million each in penalties and costs without admitting any violations of NY state laws.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

October 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn judge should be admonished for his reaction to learning that a death threat was made against a witness in a rape trial, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct said Tuesday.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

October 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York's contention that Trump University was illegally marketed and sold to people eager to learn Donald Trump's real estate secrets is based on a flawed analysis of state fraud statutes and precedents, lawyers for the Republican presidential nominee claim.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

October 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York's Court of Appeals has decided that non-staff instructors at Manhattan yoga studio Yoga Vida are independent contractors, not employees, and are therefore not entitled to to state unemployment benefits, reversing a finding by the Appellate Division, which determined they were employees.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

October 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York Court of Appeals said Tuesday it will not hear an appeal of a lower court decision allowing construction to go forward on a man-made park in the Hudson River off Manhattan that is partly funded by media mogul Barry Diller and opposed by some environmentalists.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

October 25, 2016 | Corporate Counsel

Nonstaff instructors at a Manhattan yoga studio are independent contractors and not employees eligible for state unemployment insurance benefits, New York's highest court decided Tuesday.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

October 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Third Department overturned a finding by a trial court judge who in 2015 sided with seven municipalities and their tax assessments on fiber optic cable installations made by Level 3 Communications on private rights-of-way.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

October 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Western District U.S. Attorney William Hochul Jr. will become general counsel of the corporation that owns the Boston Bruins hockey team when he retires, the entertainment and hospitality group Delaware North Companies announced Monday.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

October 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court said a man was improperly sentenced when he could not pay the fee for a court-ordered monitoring device following his felony drunken-driving conviction.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read