Joel Stashenko

June 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York lawyers in fields as diverse as real estate and retirement law are immersing themselves in a national pro bono campaign to help federal drug offenders win early release from prison.

By Joel Stashenko

15 minute read

June 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge has held the state Board of Parole in contempt for ignoring a directive to give greater weight to factors other than those underlying the 1975 murder of a police officer when deciding whether to release the man who killed him.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

June 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Appellate Division's Second and Third Departments will meet Friday at locations different than their customary courthouses in Brooklyn and Albany, respectively.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

May 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Changing his position, a judge has ruled that heroin police said they found in a handbag left in a car may be used as evidence over the objections of the handbag's owner.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

May 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals court declined to dismiss a challenge to the Orange County Board of Elections' decision not to assign some non-Hasidic election inspectors to work at voting places in the Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

May 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York City plans to enforce a first-of-its-kind requirement for warning icons on salty chain restaurant foods beginning June 6 after an appellate court gave the go-ahead to start issuing fines. But it's not the final word on whether the regulation will stand.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

May 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Possible violations of state and local laws restricting smoking in public give a firefighter the sufficient basis to pursue his personal injury claim against the operators of the Italian restaurant where he was hurt while responding to a call, a judge determined.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

May 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state Senate gave final legislative approval Wednesday to a bill to repeal New York state's sales tax on feminine hygiene products

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

May 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The executive director of the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Seth Agata, said at a meeting of the board Tuesday that "business is brisk" and there is a need for two attorneys with investigative experience.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read

May 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Justice Carol Edmead held that Nathan Bershadsky was not acting within his capacity as an employee of Tompkins Square Bagels when, taking exception to a vulgarity a customer directed at a waitress, he followed the patron outside of the shop and across the street and punched him in the jaw.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read