Fish-friendly power plant upgrades sought
By The Associated Press
POSTED: March 11, 2010
Tags: Entergy Corp., environmentalists, fish-friendly, Hudson River, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, power plant
ALBANY — Power plants that suck millions of gallons of water daily out of New York rivers will have to switch to costly fish-friendly cooling towers under new rules proposed …
Nixon names trial group attorneys 
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 11, 2010
Tags: multi-disciplinary practice group, Nixon Peabody LLP, NP Trial, worldwide
Two Rochester-based Nixon Peabody LLP attorneys are now part of a multi-disciplinary practice group comprised of lawyers who have successfully tried cases to verdict …
Clean energy patents set record in 2009
By Tom Wanamaker
POSTED: March 10, 2010
Tags: clean energy patents, record
The number of U.S. clean energy technology patents reached an all-time high in 2009. Last year, 1,125 such patents were granted by the U.S. Patent and Technology Office, topping 2008’s total by 200.
Firm rankings to be discussed
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 10, 2010
Tags: A. Vincent Buzard, Harris Beach PLLC, law firm rankings, Monroe County Bar Association, panel discussion
Harris Beach PLLC attorney A. Vincent Buzard will participate in a panel discussion, “The Future of Law Firm Rankings,” in Rochester April 6.
City seeks developer for Valley Court
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 10, 2010
Tags: apartments, developer, request for proposal, Rochester Department of Neighborhood Development, Valley Court Apartments
Rochester’s Department of Neighborhood Development has issued a request for proposal for the Valley Court Apartments in Southwest Rochester.
Reactions mixed on lawyers as relief agents
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: March 10, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy attorneys, debt relief agencies, debt relief agents, SCOTUS
Bankruptcy attorneys may be more careful about how they advise their clients after the U.S Supreme Court’s holding this week that the communication and disclosure rules that apply to debt relief …
Victor Wal-Mart set to open
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 9, 2010
Tags: store opening, Wal-Mart
A new Wal-Mart store will open in Victor at 7:30 a.m. March 17. Located at 441 Commerce Drive, just off of N.Y. 96, the 99,582-sq. ft. store will be open from …
GRAWA to honor family-friendly employers
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 9, 2010
Tags: GRAWA, GRAWA/MCBA Family Friendly Employer Award, Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys, Monroe County Bar Association
The Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys and the Monroe County Bar Association is now accepting nominations for the Biannual GRAWA/MCBA Family Friendly Employer Award.
SCOTUS: Lawyers are ‘debt relief agencies’
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: March 9, 2010
Tags: Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, Bankruptcy attorneys, debt relief agencies, SCOTUS
Bankruptcy attorneys are “debt relief agencies” under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 and therefore are subject to its regulations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Patent lawyers want researchers to CREATE
By Tom Wanamaker
POSTED: March 9, 2010
Tags: Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act, CREATE, inventions, patents, research
Collaboration has the potential to produce better results than those achieved by scientific researchers or inventors working solo. But when working with others outside of their own particular “home base” …
