Joel Stashenko

January 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A worker who lost part of an arm to a commercial pasta-making machine cannot sue under New York Business Law because the Italian manufacturer did not do sufficient business in the state to give the worker personal jurisdiction over the company, a federal judge ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Thirty-nine state Supreme Court justices who are past the state's judicial retirement age of 70 have been certificated to serve on the bench for two additional years beginning this month.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals panel has upheld the two-year suspension of a State University of New York student accused of sexually assaulting a Cornell University student during a 2013 house party in Ithaca.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals panel has upheld the two-year suspension of a State University of New York student accused of sexually assaulting a Cornell University student during a 2013 house party in Ithaca.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The owners of an upstate New York farm may not deny use of their commercial banquet facilities to same-sex couples, a state court decided Thursday, validating the state's sanctions against them for doing so.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

January 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge is blocking the Village of Owego's taxpayer-funded poll on whether local residents favor abolishing their police force, saying the survey is likely an "improper and unlawful" non-binding referendum under state law.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The owners of an upstate New York farm may not deny use of their commercial banquet facilities to same-sex couples, a state court decided Thursday, validating the state's sanctions against them for doing so.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

January 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A judge is blocking the Village of Owego's taxpayer-funded poll on whether local residents favor abolishing their police force, saying the survey is likely an "improper and unlawful" non-binding referendum under state law.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appellate court has directed that money a man bequeathed to three churches be placed in more lucrative investment vehicles after the churches complained they were seeing virtually no benefit from the gifts.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In an analysis delivered on the day Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his 2016 State of the State address, he said the courts' request for a 2.4 percent spending increase is above the 2 percent ceiling he asked his executive agencies to stay within, and asked the Judiciary not to seek further appropriations for an estimated $27 million to give state judges recommended pay raises.

By Joel Stashenko

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