June 08, 2007 | New York Law Journal
DMV License Identity Rules Survive Immigrants' ProtestsBy Joel Stashenko
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April 18, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Unions Told to Expect 400 to 500 LayoffsThe court system has notified employee unions that it expects to lay off hundreds of workers by June 1 due to recent state budget cuts. Administrators laid out their intentions during a meeting with representatives of all 11 court worker unions in New York City last week, the Civil Services Employees Association reported in a "layoff update" on its website.
By Joel Stashenko
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May 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Paterson Defends Recognition Of Gay Marriages ElsewhereGovernor David A. Paterson has directed all state agencies to immediately recognize as valid same-sex marriages solemnized outside of New York. "If I didn't take this action, I would leave this state open to lawsuits," Mr. Paterson said yesterday. "I would leave the state treasury open to monetary damages and I would be discriminating against individuals who are coming here from other jurisdictions who are allowed that right [to marry] . . . and now are suddenly being denied that right."
By Joel Stashenko
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June 13, 2007 | New York Law Journal
Local Laws Do Not Impair Mayor's Authority, Court Says`By Joel Stashenko
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June 26, 2007 | New York Law Journal
Lawyer Disqualified In Shareholder Suit Against Ex-ClientBy Joel Stashenko
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January 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal
Delegates Back Changes in Disciplining JudgesAfter spirited debate, the New York State Bar Association's governing body on Friday adopted several recommendations advanced by the New York County Lawyers' Association that would alter the Commission on Judicial Conduct's procedures for disciplining judges. The state bar's House of Delegates endorsed proposals to give judges notice of investigations at an earlier stage, to expand judges' discovery rights and to separate the commission's investigative and adjudicative functions.
By Joel Stashenko
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May 06, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Bill Would Modernize Court Protocols for Disaster ResponseThe Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote this morning on a bill to modernize and streamline the law regulating the response of the state and the Judiciary during times of war, "pestilence" and "public calamity" that prompts the uprooting of courts to locations where they can reconvene safely.
By Joel Stashenko
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May 09, 2007 | New York Law Journal
Bill Proposed To Eliminate Damages RuleBy Joel Stashenko
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May 05, 2009 | New York Law Journal
Cy Pres Distribution Allocates $1.2 Million For Tenant ServicesNearly three-quarters of a $1.6 million settlement reached in 2007 in a class-action case against a company that screens tenant finances should be distributed among groups that advocate for apartment-dwellers through a cy pres fund, a federal judge has agreed. Southern District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan has signed an order approving use of some $1.2 million, the amount that could not be returned directly to individual tenants who were the subject of screening reports that violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the New York Fair Credit Reporting Act and other statutes.
By Joel Stashenko
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April 17, 2007 | New York Law Journal
Judiciary's 1992 Lawsuit Recalled as 'Painful Episode'By Joel Stashenko
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