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The Monroe County District Attorney’s Office will retry a man accused of shooting at his estranged wife despite fundamental problems with the testimony of the key prosecution witness. The defendant, Phillip H. Owens, 32, is accused of shooting at his ...

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A state expansion of who qualifies for indigent legal services in criminal court has led to a dramatic increase in work for the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office. In July 2017 the Public Defender implemented a new financial eligibility guideline ...

Legal Assistance of Western New York Inc. (LawNY) has received a three-year $292,105 grant to expand the Finger Lakes Legal Care (FLLC) project at Rochester Regional Health. The project, which helps patients at Rochester Regional Health facilities, embeds lawyers who ...

Rochester city officials are suing a Gates neighborhood group claiming they are owed more than $5,000 for police services provided during a festival held in Rochester in August. The Little Italy Neighborhood Association was supposed to pay the city for ...

The U.S. Justice Department has announced a new initiative to fight sexual harassment in housing. The program, announced to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, includes an interagency task force between the Department of Housing and ...

U.S. District Court Judge Charles J. Siragusa will hear arguments Friday on the U.S. Attorney’s motion to reverse a federal magistrate’s decision to release an alleged pedophile pending trial. Matthew D. Lincoln, a former youth swimming coach, is accused of ...

Vuzix Corp., the Henrietta smart glasses manufacturer, has filed an $80 million lawsuit accusing a Westchester County stock trader of maligning the company to profit from manipulating the stock price. New York City attorney Irwin Weltz filed the suit for ...

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An organization that works to help clients taken advantage of by lawyers reimbursed $10.6 million in 215 cases last year, according to the group’s annual report. The Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, which is financed by lawyers in New York ...

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Fairport-based LiDestri Foods Inc. is suing 7-Eleven Inc. for $3 million after a deal to make tea for the convenience stores flopped. LiDestri invested in production of the tea, but the stores ordered only a fraction of the amount forecast ...

The latest data from the Law School Admissions Council may be good news for American law schools. Applications for the 2018-19 school year at ABA accredited law schools are up more than 9 percent — 326,539 last year, compared to ...

Monroe County Democrats announced two candidates who are running for Monroe County Family Court: Zuleika Z. Shepard and Fatimat O. Reid. If elected, they will be the first women of color to be elected to Family Court. Shepard is a ...

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The lawsuit accusing former NASCAR star Tony Stewart of causing the death of another driver at a small race track in Canandaigua is expected to be settled soon. A settlement hearing in the case is schedule for 2 p.m. Thursday ...