Joel Stashenko

April 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A police officer's uninvited entry into a house to check on the welfare of an adult resident suffering from dementia is shielded by qualified immunity from a claim that he violated residents' civil rights, a federal judge ruled.

By Joel Stashenko

10 minute read

April 03, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

"One emerging theme that all regulators should be taking into account is, what is the landscape for cybersecurity right now?"

By Joel Stashenko

32 minute read

March 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Reversing a lower court, the state Court of Appeals said it was not reversible error for a trial judge to instruct jurors that they could reject a defendant's self-defense argument if they found he was the initial aggressor in a deadly altercation.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

March 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Authorization for ride-hailing would be extended throughout New York state under a provision expected to be included in the 2017-18 state budget that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders continued to negotiate Friday.

By BY JOEL STASHENKO

5 minute read

March 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A town court judge in Oneida County should be censured for adding his "judicial clout and imprimatur" to a motorist's request before another judge to change a plea in traffic case, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

When Judge Fern Fisher retires in June, two judges will each assume one of the dual administrative roles she has held in New York courts, court officials announced Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

March 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York's "scaffold law" does not automatically make employers liable for injuries their workers suffer in on-the-job falls, the state's highest court said in a sharply divided ruling Thursday.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A judge's error led an appeals court to order a new trial for a defendant convicted of rape, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The attempt by a company that specializes in the buying and selling of fine wines to compel its dispute with a disgruntled New York investor into arbitration has been rejected by a federal judge.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 29, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court has vacated a stay that had allowed New York state to continue withholding $69 million in aid to 19 troubled schools that are seeking to exit state designation as "persistently struggling" institutions.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read