Joel Stashenko

August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In the early 2000s, Chief Judge Judith Kaye asked Justices Marcy Kahn and Edward Davidowitz to create a group that would promote understanding and reduce jurisdictional conflict between the justice systems of New York's indigenous tribal nations and the federal and state courts. The proposal was received positively by the nine state-recognized tribal nations and, in 2003, the New York Federal-State-Tribal Courts and Indian Nations Justice Forum was born.

By Joel Stashenko

18 minute read

August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Queens County District Attorney's Office frequently failed to properly notify the appropriate courts, prosecutors' offices or rehab programs when violations of the ignition interlock device program occurred in New York City, a state audit said Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Eleven legal services providers will share $8.2 million in state grants to help people press their claims after being denied federal disability benefits under Supplemental Security Income, Social Security Disability Insurance, and similar programs.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

August 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge dismissed a claim by three county corrections officers that their constitutional rights to privacy was violated when others may have seen their medical records without permission.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

August 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has signed off on a $2.64 million settlement between the state and 75 plaintiffs who have contended for nearly 20 years that state police used excessive force to break up a tax demonstration on Onondaga Indian territory in 1997.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

August 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Western District Judge William Skretny said that while the information the Tonawanda Coke Corp. wants to continue shielding is of little or no importance to the public, it could expose financial information and trade secrets that are of great value to its competitors.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

August 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge has awarded $6.2 million to a man wrongfully incarcerated for nearly six years for rape, citing how the ex-inmate's "gentle and peaceful" nature undoubtedly contributed to the suffering he experienced.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

August 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The one-time principal oboist for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra contended his rights were violated because the symphony did not accommodate his post-traumatic stress disorder, but a federal judge said his EEOC complaint was filed past the deadline to file an ADA claim.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

August 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Even when taking the laudable legislative goal of prison diversion programs into account, a judge said the first obligation of courts is to protect the public from potentially dangerous offenders.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

August 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has declined to ease some restrictions placed on the activities of a sex offender in a secure psychiatric unit, limitations the plaintiff said are inhibiting his ability to prepare a suit challenging the terms of his confinement.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read