Joel Stashenko

December 01, 2010 | Law.com

Lawmakers in New York have approved the creation of a commission to recommend new salary levels once every four years for state judges, who have gone without a raise since 1999.

By Joel Stashenko

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April 15, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

ALBANY - Court administrators are preparing to distribute four years worth of deferred raises to highly paid non-judicial employees at the same time they are scouring their budget for cuts that are expected to force hundreds of layoffs.

By Joel Stashenko

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January 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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June 11, 2010 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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September 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Mayor Bloomberg's lobbying technique was one of several complaints about the way in which the law was passed lodged by New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms.

By Joel Stashenko

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April 20, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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May 05, 2008 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

June 28, 2007 | Law.com

Fairness dictates that all parties in a multi-defendant liability action must be notified when any one of them reaches a high-low agreement with the plaintiffs to cap their exposure in the event of an adverse award ruling, the New York Court of Appeals determined Wednesday. Garlock Sealing Technologies was "deprived of its right to a fair trial" because it didn't know its co-defendant in an asbestos case had reached a high-low agreement with the plaintiff, the court ruled, ordering a new trial for Garlock.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

March 04, 2011 | Law.com

By Joel Stashenko

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November 18, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Joel Stashenko

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