Joel Stashenko

April 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Eric Stock, chief of the antitrust bureau in New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, is leaving to become a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

April 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Claims that a former Rensselaer County sheriff and top-ranking officials in his office improperly accessed medical records of an employee being treated for severe depression will be allowed to move forward in federal court.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

April 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals is soliciting amicus curiae participation in an upcoming case that concerns a matter of significance to many defense attorneys and prosecutors: the reliability of cross-race eyewitness identifications.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals on Friday said it denied a motion for leave to appeal an Appellate Division ruling that maintained Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's spot on the April 19 presidential ballot in New York.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

April 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state's $156 billion budget on the verge of adoption Friday did not alter pay raise recommendations for about 1,400 judges. However, it did not include a supplemental appropriation of $27 million sought by court administrators to pay for the 11 percent raise.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

April 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

National Grid can no longer be held to the terms of an 1899 covenant that offers free electricity to manufacturers operating on land near a hydropower station in Columbia County, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

6 minute read

April 01, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Claims filed under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act for improper business solicitations die when the claimant does and do not transfer to their estates, a federal judge has ruled from Rochester.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 31, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A 4-1 majority of the state Court of Appeals condemned denigrating comments that a Brooklyn prosecutor made about a female defendant during his summation, but let her conviction stand.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 30, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed the conviction in a 22-year-old Putnam County murder case and ordered a new trial, finding the defendant was improperly denied the opportunity to implicate a third party.

By Joel Stashenko

15 minute read

March 30, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed the conviction in a 22-year-old Putnam County murder case and ordered a new trial, finding the defendant was improperly denied the opportunity to implicate a third party.

By Joel Stashenko

8 minute read