Joel Stashenko

August 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Aspects of the popular mobile game can be "abused by predators," Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote in a letter to the company that makes the game.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

August 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich dismissed a claim in a financial case without prejudice after finding that the attorney filing the action did not meet New York's requirements for legal practice by nonresident lawyers.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

July 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Second Circuit has reinstated a copyright infringement claim of a songwriter who says the "Iron Man" theme he composed for a television adaptation of Marvel superheroes comics in the 1960s was illegally appropriated by hip hop artist Ghostface Killah.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

July 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is dedicating a concert Tuesday night to the memory of Judith Kaye, New York's former chief judge who was a board member of the Manhattan arts center.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

July 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court has ordered the resentencing of a defendant after finding he was improperly deemed a predicate felony offender following his convictions for assault and weapons possession.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

July 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

"Irreparable harm" will be done to transgender people if North Carolina is allowed to restrict their use of bathrooms in government buildings, the attorneys general of 10 states, including New York, argue in an amicus curiae brief.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

July 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge was within his discretion when he added three years to the prison term of a defendant who threatened to harm him during an outburst at sentencing, an appeals panel ruled Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

July 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Evidence of methamphetamine cooking that police said they discovered during a "protective sweep" of an apartment should have be suppressed at the trial of a resident, an appeals court determined.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

July 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn surrogate court refused to name a guardian for a 34-year-old woman with Down syndrome at her parents' request, suggesting that guardianship appointments can undermine the rights of people with mental disabilities.

By Joel Stashenko

11 minute read

July 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Criticizing a parole board's ruling to keep an inmate behind bars as a mere "regurgitation" of oft-used jargon by parole panels, a judge has ordered a man released after 20 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and other charges.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read