Sunshine Camp golf benefit 
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 2, 2010
Tags: Camp, golf benefit, On the Town, rotary, Rush
The Rochester Rotary Sunshine Camp benefitted from two days of golfing and fundraisers Aug. 22 through 23.
DiNapoli lowers rate of return in pension fund
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: September 2, 2010
Tags: Albany, comptroller, DiNapoli, Pension
New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced Thursday that he is lowering the anticipated rate of return on investments in New York State’s pension fund and, in turn, raising the contributions local municipalities must make to it to ensure that it is fully funded.
DiNapoli announced at a press conference in Albany that he is lowering the [...]
Banks to allow local groups to buy foreclosures
By The Associated Press
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Banks, Foreclosures, local government, nonprofit groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Major banks are agreeing to give local governments and nonprofit groups the ability to buy foreclosed homes before they are sold to private investors.
Wal-Mart wants gender bias action rolled back
By Dolan Media Newswires
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: class action, Wal-Mart
(Dolan Media Newswires) — Retail giant Wal-Mart has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt what could be the mother of all employment gender bias class action lawsuits.
Poll: Cuomo ahead but ‘ducking’ budget fix
By The Associated Press
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Budget, Cuomo, lazio, Rick Lazio
ALBANY (AP) — New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is still the runaway favorite to become the next governor, but that doesn’t mean voters are pleased with him or his campaign so far.
Harris receives $9.5M contract
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Australia, communications, contract, Harris Corp.
Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, this week announced a $9.5 million contract to provide engineering services to support the Australia Department of Defence Land 200 communications modernization program.
Tax drama continues
By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: cigarette tax, Indian nations
A state appellate judge on Wednesday stayed Indian cigarette tax collections, as convenience stores renewed a call to suspend the tax hike altogether.
Allergan to pay $600M to resolve investigation
By The Associated Press
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: advertisement, allergan, botox, misbranding, misdemeanor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Allergan Inc., the maker of wrinkle-smoothing Botox, has agreed to pay $600 million to settle a yearslong federal investigation into its marketing of the top-selling, botulin-based drug.
Nixon documents stay under wraps
By Denise M. Champagne
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: eastman kodak, Nixon Peabody, Noah Doolittle
Nixon Peabody LLP will be able to keep certain documents confidential in a civil case filed against it by a former employee.
Upcoming term packed with big cases
By Kimberly Atkins
POSTED: September 1, 2010
Tags: Employment Law, reemption and arbitration, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, termm kagan
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its upcoming term with a docket full of cases important to litigators. Starting on Oct. 4, the justices will take on issues ranging from the ability to file suit in matters involving arbitration clauses or federal regulations, to retaliation and privacy issues in employment law, to major criminal law and civil rights questions.
