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A federal judge has denied the release of a Pakistani man who has been detained almost a year while awaiting deportation. But U.S. District Court Judge David G. Larimer kept the case open. Abbas Raza, a citizen of Pakistan, filed ...

A federal judge has reduced a $9.2 million jury award by more than $3 million in a discrimination and hostile workplace lawsuit. U.S. District Court Judge William M. Skretny also ordered the defendants to pay about $200,000 less than the ...

A federal judge has refused to dismiss all claims in a lawsuit filed by a Livingston County Jail inmate who attempted to kill himself with a razor provided by a jail guard. Plaintiff Brian T. Barrett filed a civil rights ...

Jeremy Kappell, the former WHEC-TV meteorologist fired in January for allegedly using a racial slur during a broadcast, is suing the station. Kappell is claiming breach of contract, defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress, ...

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An Ontario County woman is facing federal bank fraud and wire fraud charges for allegedly stealing about $1.4 million from her employer. Karen A. Owens, of Phelps, was the finance director at Finger Lakes Conveyors Inc., in Waterloo, Seneca County, ...

Eric Tanck planned on becoming a skilled tradesman, but the realities of the local economy steered him in another direction — corporate law. He worked for a short time as a tool and die maker, and then as a mold ...

A federal lawsuit is moving forward against Wayne County Sheriff Barry C. Virts and several county employees. Plaintiff Reisha Overstreet, a former jail inmate, is suing Virts, four correctional officers, and five members of the Wayne County Jail medical staff. ...

The final event in a mock trial program sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology is set to take place Saturday. RIT GEAR UP is sponsoring the program for 11th graders from Rochester high schools. GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and ...

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A Mexican citizen who was on his way to his farm job in Yates County when he was arrested by New York State Police — and subsequently deported by federal authorities — has filed a federal lawsuit claiming State Police ...

An appellate court has sent a murder case back to the trial judge to hold a hearing on the defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. Glenn A. Pendergraph was convicted in November 2006 of second-degree murder and second-degree criminal ...

A Monroe County Court jury has convicted Mason Earle, 20, of two counts of first-degree murder and third-degree arson in the deaths of Alexander Burrow and Bruce Kane. On Sept. 10, Burrow and Kane were in a car parked behind ...

Thomas F. Walsh decided on a career in environmental law just as the practice area was first emerging. A Syracuse native, the managing director of the Rochester office of Barclay Damon LLP received a bachelor of science degree in 1977 ...