Joel Stashenko

January 31, 2011 | Law.com

Ambitious plans for three new law schools in New York -- two public and one private -- have stalled in the face of an ailing economy, state government budget woes and doubts about whether there are enough legal jobs to support the new schools in addition to the 15 existing ones.

By Joel Stashenko

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August 20, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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March 03, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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August 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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June 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

An estate can bring a legal malpractice claim against an attorney for negligence in the planning of the estate, the New York Court of Appeals decided unanimously yesterday. Previous appellate rulings, including the one reversed by the Court in Estate of Saul Schneider v. Finmann, 104, had invoked strict privity to block estate planning malpractice suits against attorneys brought by the personal representatives of estates, their beneficiaries or other third parties.

By Joel Stashenko

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October 05, 2009 | New York Law Journal

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January 05, 2010 | New York Law Journal

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March 05, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Justices L. Priscilla Hall of Brooklyn and Leonard B. Austin of Nassau County have been appointed by Governor David A. Paterson to openings on the Appellate Division, Second Department. Their selection to the Brooklyn-based appeals court will be among several judicial appointments to be announced today by the governor. Designations to the Appellate Division do not require state Senate confirmation. The appointments leave one associate justice opening in the Second Department, two in the First Department in addition to the presiding justice slot and one in the Third Department.

By Joel Stashenko and Vesselin Mitev

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August 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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August 04, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Governor David Paterson has signed a measure removing from the state Penal Law provisions that prohibited panhandling, engaging in or soliciting certain sex acts and sleeping in a transportation facility without a satisfactory explanation, which had been declared unconstitutional by the courts decades ago. "The way these statutes remained on the books, people were being arrested falsely and [city agencies and officers] were getting sued," said Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, who sponsored the bill.

By Joel Stashenko

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