Mueller confirms probe of JPMorgan
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: FBI, JPMorgan, probe
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller says the bureau has launched a preliminary investigation of JPMorgan Chase & Co. following a $2 billion trading loss at the bank. Mueller’s comment Wednesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing was the first on-the-record confirmation of the probe. On Tuesday, a law enforcement official said that the FBI’s [...]
Ex-Syracuse hoops coach’s wife: Life is ruined
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: basketball coach, lawsuit, Syracuse
GENEVA (AP) — The wife of fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine claimed Wednesday that ESPN maliciously trampled her reputation by broadcasting salacious stories about her and about claims that her husband molested ball boys. Laurie Fine held a news conference Wednesday and threatened to file a libel lawsuit in federal court against [...]
Sotomayor tells NYU graduates to dream big
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: graduation, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, NYU
NEW YORK — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor came home to the Bronx Wednesday for New York University’s commencement ceremony at Yankee Stadium, marveling at the circumstances leading to her return. “This is awesome,” Sotomayor told the 8,000 graduates in purple robes cheering from the stands behind home plate. Sotomayor, who grew up in [...]
Judge visits teen court 
By Todd Etshman
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: Judge Judith S. Kaye, juvenile justice reform, teen court, The Center for Youth
Former Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye met with Rochester Teen Court and The Center for Youth participants, volunteers and administrators on Tuesday to discuss their experience and her support of juvenile justice reform. Many of the teen court student attorneys and judges expressed a desire to follow in Judge Kaye’s footsteps as a lawyer, as [...]
Panel: You can be a Court of Appeals judge
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: May 16, 2012
Tags: Commission on Judicial Nomination, court of appeals, judgeship, nominations
If you think you would like to be a judge on the state Court of Appeals, then submit your application. That’s the message members of the state Commission on Judicial Nomination brought when they came with their “road show” to Rochester on Wednesday to encourage qualified candidates to apply. It is the beginning of a [...]
Clinton County town justice resigns
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: Clinton County, Justice, resigns
Richard H. Reome Sr., a justice of the Schuyler Falls Town Court in Clinton County, has resigned from office after being served with formal disciplinary charges. As announced Tuesday by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, Reome agreed not to seek or accept judicial office in the future. The judge, who was served with a [...]
Geraci’s nod for federal judgeship moves forward
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: federal judgeship, Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr., nomination, Senate
The nomination of Monroe County Court Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. is on its way to the Senate for the next step in the process of becoming a federal judge. President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Geraci for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, along with Judge Fernando M. Olguin [...]
Starbucks can enforce ‘one button’ dress code
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: dress code, Labor, NLRB, Starbucks
Starbucks didn’t commit an unfair labor practice when it implemented a dress code limiting employees to wearing only one pro-union button on their work uniforms, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in National Labor Relations Board v. Starbucks Corp., no. 10-3511-ag. (May 10). The National Labor Relations Board issued an order [...]
President nominates NY judge for federal bench
By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: Judge Frank Paul Geraci Jr., Monroe County Court, President Barack Obama, U.S. District Court
President Barack Obama has nominated a western New York judge to serve on the U.S. District Court. The president announced Monday that he had nominated Monroe County Judge Frank Paul Geraci Jr. for the federal bench for the Western District of New York. Geraci has served as a Monroe County Court judge in Rochester since [...]
Eastern New York justice resigns
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: Diane L. Schilling, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, removal
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that Diane L. Schilling, a justice of the East Greenbush Town Court, Rensselaer County, should be removed. She was found to be improperly intervening in the disposition of a speeding ticket issued to the wife of another judge and for accepting special consideration with respect [...]
Reforming the judiciary and the profession
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, court of appeals, reform initiatives
Judge Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of New York state and of the Court of Appeals, will discuss current reform initiatives in New York state via live video stream from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. From civil legal services to juvenile justice to wrongful convictions to the Commercial Division and many more, the chief judge will [...]
Lawyers support religious freedom
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: Mass, St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild
The annual St. Thomas More Mass will be at 12:10 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of Victory/St. Joseph Church on Pleasant Street. The celebrant and homilist will be the Rev. Ronald Antinarrelli. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Finger Lakes Chapter and the St. Thomas More Lawyers Guild, the Mass intention is the “Preservation of [...]
