Joel Stashenko

April 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York's new state budget waives a state law prohibiting the operation of driverless vehicles as part of controlled testing that Gov. Andrew Cuomo hopes will grow an industry in autonomous automobile technology.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

April 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A civilian employee was unfairly banned from Rikers Island after eight years as a substance abuse counselor based on an illegal review of his past criminal record, a judge has ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A client dissatisfied with her attorneys' work in a personal injury case cannot bring a legal misconduct claim under state Judiciary Law because the lawyers were not also convicted of a crime related to that representation, Western District Magistrate Judge Hugh Scott concluded.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

April 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Sol Greenberg, who became one of the longest-serving district attorneys in New York during his 25 years as chief prosecutor in Albany County, has died.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

While a woman discussed adopting a child and being parents jointly with her same-sex partner when they were together, the agreement did not survive their breakup, a judge ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A trial judge has given permission to both sides in a dispute over public release of footage from body cameras worn by New York City Police Department officers to appeal questions about the case to the Appellate Division.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

April 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Albany Law School will honor Thomas Vilsack, the former Iowa governor and U.S. agriculture secretary, with the top award it gives annually to an alumnus.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York regulators have fined Excellus Health Plan $1 million for improperly denying state-mandated contraceptive coverage to some consumers between January 2008 and June 2014.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

April 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The New York Organ Donor Network may not shield records it holds about four patients a former network official contends may not have been dead when their organs were harvested, a state judge ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A $3 billion redevelopment of the former home of the New York Mets will hinge on how the state's highest court will interpret New York's "public trust" doctrine.

By Joel Stashenko

17 minute read