Joel Stashenko

January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The new law repealed a section of the state Civil Service Law that required public employees to make a good faith effort to tell their supervisors about suspected official wrongdoing in their offices or departments before reporting the improper activities to outside agencies.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A graduate student has filed suit claiming her civil rights were violated because Fordham University demanded mental health records when she sought reinstatement to the school in 2013.

By Associated Press/Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The new law repealed a section of the state Civil Service Law that required public employees to make a good faith effort to tell their supervisors about suspected official wrongdoing in their offices or departments before reporting the improper activities to outside agencies.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In the First Department, Luis Gonzalez has retired and left the court. In the Fourth Department, Justice Henry Scudder will remain on the Rochester-based court after having been certificated and re-appointed as an associate justice.

By Ben Bedell and Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In the First Department, Luis Gonzalez has retired and left the court. In the Fourth Department, Justice Henry Scudder will remain on the Rochester-based court after having been certificated and re-appointed as an associate justice.

By Ben Bedell and Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A graduate student has filed suit claiming her civil rights were violated because Fordham University demanded mental health records when she sought reinstatement to the school in 2013.

By Associated Press/Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has dismissed a malicious prosecution claim brought by a man who made public his allegations of mistreatment against a county jail guard through posts on a Twitter account created by his girlfriend under a fictitious name.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has dismissed a malicious prosecution claim brought by a man who made public his allegations of mistreatment against a county jail guard through posts on a Twitter account created by his girlfriend under a fictitious name.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals reconvenes Monday without a chief judge and one associate judge. The five-judge lineup represents the bare minimum with which the court can hold oral arguments.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Securing appropriations for court operations and other legal programs in Albany and in Washington, D.C., are among the New York State Bar Association's highest legislative priorities for 2016.

By Joel Stashenko

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