Joel Stashenko

September 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Confirmed in June to lead New York's Department of Financial Services, Maria Vullo says she doesn't see a conflict in pursuing both pro-consumer and pro-business agendas.

By Joel Stashenko

17 minute read

September 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

State court administrators are accepting comments until Nov. 15 on a set of proposed changes to the guidelines governing fiduciaries and the oversight of their work.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

September 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Katherine Milgram has been promoted to chief of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investor protection bureau. Milgram has been with the Attorney General's Office since 2013 and most recently was deputy chief of the bureau she was named Monday to lead.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

September 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who's no stranger to bringing public corruption cases, is set to discuss that topic as part of a panel at Albany, New York's College of Saint Rose.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

September 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Ruling Thursday, the Second Circuit kept intact a judgment that ordered New York banks to release Sudanese funds to victims in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.

By Joel Stashenko

12 minute read

September 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state judge in Manhattan ruled that, while a dead woman's children would generally have priority over where she's buried, there's also recourse under state law for others to argue in court for a burial elsewhere.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

September 23, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two law firms that successfully argued a woman's employment retaliation suit against Sears Home Improvement Products were awarded a little more than half of the $785,600 they sought in attorney fees.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

September 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's former top aides are among a group of defendants named in federal corruption charges unsealed Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

20 minute read

September 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Applying a broad interpretation of state corrections law, a state judge held that New York City didn't overstep the line when it denied a security clearance to a former social worker at Rikers Island.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

September 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York Civil Liberties Union filed suit in federal court Wednesday, looking to protect teenagers from being placed in solitary confinement in New York's Onondaga County.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read