Joel Stashenko

May 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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April 08, 2011 | New York Law Journal

In a move that will save about $2 million over the next year, according to Acting Supreme Court Justice Lawrence K. Marks, chief administrator of the court system, small-claims courts in New York City will be open only one night a week instead of four. That reduction and the announcement this week that courts throughout the state are directed to end court proceedings at 4:30 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. are the latest attempts to minimize the number of potential layoffs of court employees.

By Joel Stashenko

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May 06, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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August 04, 2008 | Law.com

Aides to then-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer viewed state AG Andrew M. Cuomo's investigation of Spitzer administration efforts to discredit a political rival as overly aggressively and possibly politically motivated, testimony gathered by a state commission indicates. Testimony also indicated that former Spitzer aides told Cuomo's office prior to release of his report that the governor would not embrace its findings if it contained any references to his office not being cooperative with the investigation.

By Joel Stashenko

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September 16, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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October 06, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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November 24, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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June 05, 2007 | Law.com

The general counsel at 37 corporations have sent New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and legislative leaders a letter decrying elected officials' failure "to provide minimally adequate compensation for judges." The chief legal officers urged that the officials enact a pay raise for judges and create an ongoing commission to set future judicial salary adjustments. The corporate counsel work both for New York-based businesses and for some of the largest national companies doing business in New York.

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December 19, 2007 | The Recorder

Airlines are challenging New York's airline passenger "bill of rights" in federal court.

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March 06, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Governor David A. Paterson yesterday appointed Manhattan Justice Rosalyn H. Richter to the First Department, Brooklyn Justice Plummer E. Lott to the Second Department, and Chenango County Justice Elizabeth A. Garry to the Third Department. The appointments, along with those of Justice L. Priscilla Hall and Leonard B. Austin yesterday, bring to eight the number of Appellate Division justices Mr. Paterson has put in place since becoming governor and dramatize what he has said is his intention to enhance diversity on state court benches.

By Joel Stashenko

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