Joel Stashenko

September 28, 2009 | New York Law Journal

In instances where there are allegations of fraud or unlawful rent being charged by landlords, the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal can investigate even if the four-year statute of limitations for redressing such abuses has lapsed, a divided appeals court decided. writing for a 3-2 Appellate Division, First Department panel, Justice Rolando Acosta said that when fraud is alleged, the four-year statute of limitations for rent overcharges under the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997 and the Rent Stabilization Law are void.

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December 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

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April 25, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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May 08, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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July 25, 2011 | Law.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the conviction of Efraim Gonzalez Jr. for using public money for personal purposes, rejecting Mr. Gonzalez's contention that he was not properly apprised by Bronx defense attorney Murray Richman of the ramifications of the guilty plea he entered in 2009.

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June 26, 2007 | Law.com

Volunteer attorneys for judges' organizations are drafting a lawsuit to force New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and the state Legislature to give state judges their first pay raise since January 1999. If filed by mid-July, as expected, the associations' suit would be the second before the courts seeking higher judicial pay. New York judges have been growing increasingly impatient after years of being told they deserve a raise only to see progress stalled by unrelated issues to which a pay hike has been linked.

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July 09, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Governor David A. Paterson said yesterday he would appoint Richard Ravitch, a former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as lieutenant governor as a way to break a 31-31 stalemate that has paralyzed the state Senate for a month. Mr. Paterson said his office's consultations with lawyers and legal scholars indicates "there is nothing in the Constitution nor the law that says that I cannot fill the vacant post of lieutenant governor." But he acknowledged that the courts are likely to get involved.

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May 29, 2007 | New York Law Journal

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July 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Less than a week after it came on the market, Apple's iPhone 4 has sparked at least five class actions over a reception problem. The suits allege that the antenna of the newest model of the popular phone is defective -- a problem dubbed the iPhone "death grip" by internet commentators.

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March 26, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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