Joel Stashenko

August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Court administrators plan to hold one public hearing next month into the benefits of significant state funding for civil legal services in New York.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York will receive about $12 million from a settlement over delays between 2006 and 2012 in allowing generic versions of the prescription drug Provigil into the marketplace.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

August 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge has refused to invoke the rarely used doctrine of mutual mistake to invalidate a prenuptial agreement that a woman said is blocking the equitable distribution of an asset in her divorce action.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

August 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The $1,000-a-month award in temporary maintenance to the wife of a divorcing couple was invalid because it was imposed without explanation of why state guidelines were not followed, the First Department ruled Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

August 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Federal prosecutors' decision to formally charge a Buffalo police officer with using excessive force against civilians while they presented evidence to a grand jury about the same conduct did not taint the indictment process, a federal judge has determined.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

August 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told seven companies Wednesday to stop marketing their mosquito-deterrent products as being "Zika protective" or "Zika preventive." None of their products contain at least one of the active ingredients the CDC has identified as effective at repelling mosquitoes, he said.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

August 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Wednesday allowing New York state to regulate, and profit from, fantasy sports games like those offered by FanDuel and DraftKings.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

August 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A member of a commission empowered to grant raises to state legislators is advocating for a 48 percent pay increase, saying it would mirror the increases provided in contracts the state has negotiated with the Public Employees Federation since 1999, the last year that members of the Assembly and state Senate received raises.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

August 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Rochester criminal defense attorney has been reinstated to the practice of law in the Western District after a six-month suspension for being profane and discourteous toward prosecutors, marshals and other court personnel.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

August 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Trumpeting fairness and justice, the New York City Bar Association urged the governor to sign legislation committing the state to provide the costs of representing poor criminal defendants.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read