Obama nominates Wolford
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Elizabeth A. Wolford, federal judgeship, nomination, Western District of New York
Rochester attorney Elizabeth A. Wolford’s nomination for a federal judgeship is on its way to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. She was one of three people nominated for federal judgeships Thursday by President Barack Obama. Wolford is a partner at The Wolford Law Firm LLP where she concentrates her practice in the [...]
Bond adapts to attorneys’ changing needs 
By Denise Champagne
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Bond, changing needs, Ingrid C. Palermo, part-time partner, Schoeneck & King PLLC
Changes in society are being reflected in the way law firms operate. Take Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC, for example. The firm, according to its newest partner, Ingrid C. Palermo of Penfield, has a culture of flexibility and investing in its people and each other. Palermo was recently named partner even though she is technically [...]
U.S. Supreme Court treads carefully in patent ruling
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Monsanto Co., patent case, seeds, U.S.Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court’s surgically narrow ruling prohibiting a farmer from using seeds harvested from patented herbicide-resistant soybeans has left lawyers with more questions than answers about the extent of patent owners’ rights in other emerging, self-replicating technologies. In its decision in Bowman v. Monsanto Co., a unanimous court held that the doctrine of patent [...]
Monument dedicated to fallen trooper
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Monument dedicated, Trooper Kevin Dobson
As the family and friends of fallen state Trooper Kevin Dobson looked on Wednesday, the New York State Police dedicated a monument in his honor as part of Peace Officers Memorial Day during National Police Week. Dobson was killed in the line of duty on March 26, 2011, while conducting a vehicle-and-traffic stop in Erie [...]
‘Buckle-up New York’ campaign planned
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: seat belts, ‘Buckle-up New York’ campaign
A 14-day statewide “Buckle Up New York” campaign to crack down on drivers and their passengers who are not wearing seat belts will be conducted by law enforcement agencies throughout New York state from May 20 to June 2. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 52 percent of the [...]
State police hold honors ceremony in Albany
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: honors ceremony, New York State Police
ALBANY — New York State Police have awarded the agency’s highest award for bravery to a trooper who fatally shot an armed intruder while investigating a home invasion in the Hudson Valley last year. Trooper Daniel Hoffman of Troop K in Poughkeepsie received the Brummer Award Thursday during the 37th Annual Awards Day Ceremony and [...]
Roofer admits scamming $600K
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: roofer, scam
LOCKPORT — A western New York roofer has pleaded guilty to swindling a more than $600,000 from a retired businessman. The Buffalo News reports that 52-year-old David Marsh of Niagara Falls pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court in a plea deal that allows him to avoid prison time while requiring him to make monthly [...]
Lawyers for low-income NYers go on strike
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: lawyers, low-income NYers, strike
NEW YORK — Over 200 lawyers and support workers who represent low-income New Yorkers have walked off the job in a contract dispute. The strike by the Legal Services NYC employees began Wednesday. They serve about 450,000 people. The organization is the largest provider of civil legal services in the country. It receives about a [...]
Senate committee OKs 3 judicial nominees
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: judicial nominees, Senate Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved three of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees, including one for an influential appeals court, for a full Senate vote. Senators voted 18-0 to move forward with nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, considered the second most [...]
Schumer: Block hike in Stafford student loan rate
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Sen. Charles Schumer, Stafford student loan rate
ALBANY — Sen. Charles Schumer says he’s backing legislation to head off a doubling of a student loan interest rate set to take effect on July 1. He said Wednesday the rate on the federally-subsidized Stafford loans will jump from 3.4 to 6.8 percent unless Congress takes action. The increase would affect new loans after [...]
Attorney wins client verdict of $130M
By Pat Murphy
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: defense attorney, personal injury award, Thomas A. Moore
Defense attorneys were having a good laugh back in 2009. The snickering was over the story of a well-known medical malpractice lawyer who lost his case after turning down an $8 million settlement offer. But no one’s laughing now. Manhattan lawyer Thomas A. Moore turned initial defeat in a birth injury case into the second-largest [...]
House committee concerned over subpoenas to AP
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2013
Tags: Attorney General Eric Holder, extra scrutiny, House panel, IRS, Justice Department, phone records, tea party groups, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department’s gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he worries about any infringement on freedom of the press in light [...]
