July 09, 2009 | Law.com
Removal Too Drastic a Penalty for Wrongdoing of Which They Are Accused, Two Judges ArgueSloppy financial reporting, family health worries and a litigious campaign staffer combined to create an imbroglio that unfairly threatens to end the judicial careers of two judges, who are brothers, the men are arguing before the New York Court of Appeals. New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph S. Alessandro and Bronx Civil Court Judge Francis M. Alessandro argue that removal, the strictest punishment meted out by the Commission on Judicial Conduct, would be disproportionate to the wrongdoing of which they are accused.
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January 28, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Car Search Violated Defendant's Right to Privacy, Panel FindsBy Joel Stashenko
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January 13, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Judge Highlights His Discretion In Denial of Drug ResentencingBy Joel Stashenko
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Plan to Require Mediation Notice Splits N.Y. State BarA proposal to require lawyers to notify their clients that disputes can be settled through mediation as well as litigation has stirred considerable opposition within the New York State Bar Association.
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February 05, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Panel to Hear Adoptee's Case For Share of Jell-O FortuneBy Joel Stashenko
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September 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Lippman to Resume His Push for Expanded Legal ServicesBy Joel Stashenko
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November 03, 2009 | Law.com
Billionaire Wins Bid to Avoid Paying New York City Income TaxesA New York state administrative law judge has decided that billionaire Julian Robertson Jr. did not spend enough days in New York City for purposes of exposing himself to tens of millions of dollars' worth of city tax liability in 2000. State tax auditors failed to show that the financier spent the requisite 183 days as a city resident and was subject to $26.7 million in city income taxes and another $21 million in interest for that year alone.
By Joel Stashenko
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May 23, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Court Finds 'Depraved Indifference'By Joel Stashenko
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October 05, 2007 | New York Law Journal
Panel Gives Narrow Read to Court Power To Alter MaintenanceBy Joel Stashenko
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September 20, 2007 | Legaltech News
'Fiasco' Reveals the Troubles of EDD RequestsPSEG Power New York, Inc. turned over more than 3,000 e-mails and 211,000 pages of documents to an adversary, but still failed to comply with a request when attachments went missing from their messages. This "fiasco" is emblematic of the problems that discovery requests can create.
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