Joel Stashenko

June 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York court administrators are proposing that the clerks of the approximately 1,300 town and village courts throughout the state be required to receive court-approved continuing education and training.

By Joel Stashenko

1 minute read

June 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A mother who gave her son Benadryl three or four nights a week to "help him fall asleep" without consulting a physician has lost primary physical custody of the boy.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

June 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Targeting a 25-year decision that critics say defines parenthood too narrowly, two former same-sex partners argued before the Court of Appeals that they should be granted visitation right with children they have neither borne nor adopted.

By Joel Stashenko

15 minute read

June 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A $2.83 million suit alleging that a botched repair job on a heating system caused the deaths of 23 rare tortoises and injured several others has been reinstated by the Third Department.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

June 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Village of Westhampton Beach has become the last of three neighboring municipalities on Long Island to approve settlements of court actions and drop opposition to establishing an eruv, a symbolic Jewish religious boundary.

By Joel Stashenko

7 minute read

June 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals Thursday denied a summary judgment motion sought by the plaintiff in a legal malpractice suit against Cadwalader stemming from advice the firm gave on a potential deal to gain control of the board of the Six Flags amusement parks in the mid-2000s.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

June 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state may legally pursue the disgorgement of bonuses it claims were fraudulently received by former American International Group CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg just before financial difficulties at the insurance and financial services giant came to light in the 2000s.

By Joel Stashenko

20 minute read

June 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge has continued a suit claiming that the City of Utica is more aggressive at fighting fires and rescuing victims from upscale residences than from buildings with low-income dwellers.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

June 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Kenneth Karas wrote that the Village of Pomona's actions represented a "rare case where bad faith, and a clear intent to deprive plaintiffs of evidence at issue, is sufficiently clear from the face of the record" for him to grant the sanctions.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

June 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge threw out a man's resisting arrest conviction, ruling that it was illogical to punish him for trying to prevent something that had already occurred. The court said that if anything, the defendant's behavior may have constituted third-degree attempted escape.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read