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Mitchell S. Nusbaum isn’t planning any significant changes as the new managing partner at Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP. “I think there’s always little changes based on personality, maybe on the margins. Hopefully those won’t be really visible in any clear ...

The Harris Beach law firm has created a new company, separate from the law practice, offering a cloud-based subscription software tool to help companies with regulatory compliance. CyMetric, the first product being offered by the new company, called Caetra.io, streamlines ...

The trial of three Rochester police officers accused of assaulting a former Rochester woman and shooting one of her dogs starts Tuesday in federal court. The defendants are officers Daryl Hogg, Jason Prinzi and K Turner, and Rochester animal control ...

Haylei John, a first-year student at Cornell Law School, and Khalil Williams, a first-year student at University at Buffalo School of Law, have been selected as the 2019 Diversity Scholars at Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy LLP. Ward Greenberg’s Diversity ...

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A Webster town justice didn’t buy the explanation of a motorist who claimed he was speeding to avoid hitting a herd of deer that might run in front of his car. Stefan A. Kurlak, who represented himself at trial, was ...

The Fourth Department has upheld a decision by a Monroe County Court judge to admit a defense lawyer’s notes into evidence at a hearing. Defendant, Dale Kahley, was convicted of second-degree murder in August 1993 and sentenced to 25 years ...

Almost 1,000 employees of Angels in Your Home have won class-action status in a federal lawsuit over unpaid wages now moving into the damages phase. The plaintiffs claim the amount of overtime wages owed is $463,558.11, while the defendants claims ...

A lawsuit over a no-knock search by police conducting a murder investigation six years ago has been dismissed by a federal judge. On Dec. 2, 2013, Rochester police obtained a search warrant for the home of Chiuquanda Sanders, where they ...

Opioid overdoses in Erie County will now be treated as crime scenes, local and federal law enforcement officials have announced. The initiative calls for state and local law enforcement officers who respond to an overdose in Erie County to input ...

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Rochester attorney William J. Sedor has been suspended from practicing law for two years. “All of this is kind of a moot point,” said Sedor, 70. “I’ve been retired since basically December 2017.” This is the third time since 2000 ...

Volunteer Legal Services Project, Legal Aid Society of Rochester, and Legal Assistance of Western New York are gearing up for one last Campaign for Justice fundraising push on Feb. 14. The Campaign raises funds for legal service organizations in Rochester ...

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The fiancé of a man who died of a drug overdose while in the Livingston County Jail is suing the Sheriff’s Office and several deputies. Noel X. Colon died of a Fentanyl overdose at the jail on Nov. 3, 2017. ...