Joel Stashenko

April 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Department of Financial Services Acting Superintendent Maria Vullo announced Thursday she has designated Scott Fischer as executive deputy superintendent for insurance at the agency and Laura Evangelista as deputy superintendent of insurance to fill the slot Fischer is vacating.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

April 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A settlement of nearly $25 million has been reached over a New York engineering school's claim that one of its professors and his doctoral student developed the "Siri" personal assistant technology featured on Apple iPhones and other electronic devices.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

April 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Authorities in Queens and Rensselaer County have been asked by the Attorney General Office's for more information surrounding the April 17 deaths of two civilians at the hands of police officers.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A food service worker who allegedly used Lego characters in videos he posted on Facebook to depict former coworkers in sexually or violently threatening ways was properly disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits, an appeals court ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

April 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Judges have been designated by the state courts to be available to answer questions about voter eligibility and other issues during Tuesday's presidential primary in New York state.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A prosecutor's appointment as the attorney for the three children of a woman he once prosecuted for child endangerment did not prejudice the woman in her custody dispute with the children's father, an appeals court determined.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An upstate appeals court has faulted a trial judge for acting too quickly in throwing out a drunken driving arrest by Mohawk Indian police that occurred off tribal land.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

April 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Chief Judge Janet DiFiore has appointed Acting Supreme Court Justice Mark Dwyer to succeed her as co-chair of the New York State Justice Task Force. The task force, which was formed in 2009 to examine the causes of wrongful convictions and to recommend ways they can be avoided, is also co-chaired by Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

April 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday that the two-year grant for New York City was part of nearly $25 million awarded to 20 cities, counties or states to fund programs aimed at cutting unnecessary incarcerations.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York's top court administrator Tuesday said that the need to find $19.5 million in the new Judiciary budget to pay for raises for state judges will not derail new Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's plans for court improvements.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read