Joel Stashenko

April 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Daniel Conviser said that evolving expert opinion about antisocial personality disorder and other conditions, coupled with varying court interpretations about medical science and legal standards of evidence, have frustrated him as he looks for clear guidance in proceedings under Article 10 of the state Mental Hygiene Law.

By Joel Stashenko

13 minute read

April 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A plaintiff may proceed anonymously with his federal claim that Colgate University unlawfully expelled him a few weeks prior to his scheduled graduation in 2015 based on accusations of sexual misconduct made by three female students.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

April 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The seven judges on the state Court of Appeals will discuss their work and the court on April 26 at Albany Law School.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

April 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

New York is poised to become the latest state to repeal its sales tax on tampons and other feminine hygiene products as part of a national and international push to eliminate such levies as discriminatory against women.

By Associated Press/Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A coalition of legal aid groups say there is "dramatic variation" from county to county in how the state conducts mandatory settlement conferences when properties are threatened with foreclosure.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Warren County Supreme Court Justice Robert Muller was not persuaded that a liability waiver signed by a rider who was injured after falling off her mount sufficiently addressed the circumstances that allegedly prompted her accident.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals court has dismissed a claim that two of the leading initiatives of Andrew Cuomo's governorship—an expansion of casino gambling and the START-UP NY program—were adopted unconstitutionally.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Groups and individuals trying to influence state government spent $243.1 million last year, about an 8 percent increase over 2014's record-breaking lobbying expenditures.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

April 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court has affirmed the legality of a requirement established in 2013 by the state Office of Mental Health that employees at its facilities who refuse to get influenza vaccinations wear face masks when in contact with clients during flu season.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

April 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York State Bar Association is urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create a commission through an executive order that would inform New Yorkers about the compulsory referendum vote in November 2017 on staging a state constitutional convention.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read