Joel Stashenko

October 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court's intervention is needed to determine the fairness of a student's dismissal from a State University of New York campus for alleged unwanted sexual contact with another student, a Supreme Court justice decided.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

October 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Home-sharing service Airbnb has filed a lawsuit in the Southern District after Governor Cuomo signed a bill Oct. 21 imposing high fines on users who advertise rentals on home-sharing sites that can't be legally rented under NY state and NYC laws.

By Joel Stashenko

12 minute read

October 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Home-sharing service Airbnb and its critics are trying to influence the governor with last-minute comments as he decides whether to approve or veto a bill imposing stiff penalties for advertising units that aren't legally available for short-term rentals under New York state and city laws.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

October 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Of the 37 open state Supreme Court judgeships, 30 are races where major-party candidates—typically, Democrats in New York City or Republicans outside the city—have been cross-endorsed by the other party or face no major-party opponent.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

October 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York's highest court unanimously ruled Oct. 20 that Alan Simon, justice of Spring Valley Vintage Court and Ramapo Town Court in Rockland County, was properly removed from office for displaying injudicious temperament.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

October 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Non-nuclear power generators filed suit in federal court for the Southern District Oct. 19 alleging that a plan by the Cuomo administration to subsidize nuclear power in the state through a Zero Emission Credit program is illegal.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

October 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The judges of the Appellate Division, Third Department, have approved higher fees for examiners appointed to review the annual reports required of guardians, committees or conservators in New York.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

October 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A woman has joined her husband in pleading guilty to charges stemming from an explosion that injured a New York state prison guard outside his home.

By Associated Press/Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

October 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Members of New York's highest court on Tuesday wrestled with whether state common law protects against the public performance of pre-1972 music without paying the artists who hold the copyrights.

By Joel Stashenko

13 minute read

October 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The "emergency doctrine" exception to unreasonable searches under the Fourth Amendment applies when the "life" that law enforcement officers are acting to protect is that of an animal, and not just a human, a town justice ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read