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CPA firms prep for mandatory peer reviews
One year out from mandatory statewide peer reviews, many CPAs say they largely approve. Peer reviews are analysis of an accounting firm’s work papers and financial statements to ensure compliance with ...
Uptick in COMIDA projects reported over last year
For the first time in three years, the total number of businesses receiving assistance through Monroe County-sponsored economic development programs rose in 2010.
New standard set for damages in patent cases
A rule that lawyers and judges in New York and beyond have been using to determine damages in patent infringement cases has been abolished by the Federal Circuit Court.
Discrimination filings climb
Officials with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have released statistics showing an all-time high of 99,922 workplace discrimination filings over the course of fiscal year 2010 — the most ever in the agency’s 40-year history.
What should law schools disclose about graduates?
What should law schools be required to disclose to potential students — and how should they disclose it — when it comes to publicizing employment and income data of graduates? That is one of the questions currently occupying ...
Employment down in legal field nationally
While overall unemployment levels fell nationwide last month, the legal community suffered a third consecutive month of job losses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
New firm signals growth in area IP law practice
National law firm LeClairRyan officially opened its Rochester office just a week ago, recruiting a dozen local attorneys from Nixon Peabody LLP. The new LeClairRyan office, located in Linden Oaks ...
How will ‘Padilla’ impact criminal law?
When it comes to informing clients of the possible consequences of a criminal conviction, what obligations do defense lawyers have outside the realm of the strictly criminal? That is one of the questions raised by a decision the U.S. Supreme Court handed down last year.
No Upstate picks yet on AG’s staff
New York Attorney General-elect Eric Schneiderman announced his first round of picks for top staff last week, revealing a dearth of Upstate names. Schneiderman’s transition team made the announcement last week ...
Reforms make estate planning more certain
The $858 billion tax bill approved by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama carries with it a number of key changes on estate planning, local lawyers say. Among the most notable are provisions ...
Firm creates foreclosure defense dept.
While law firms have long represented banks and other mortgage holders in foreclosure proceedings, at least one local law firm has seen opportunity on the other end.
City pursues outstanding property code violations
City officials are hoping property owners with unaddressed code violations soon feel an additional incentive to address them; specifically, a $100 administrative fee levied on cases that remain unabated for over a year.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Mental Hygiene Law: Charles L. v. State of New York
- Second Circuit – Medicaid and Medicare certification: U.S. ex rel. Quartararo v. Cath. Health Sys. Of Long Island Inc.
- Fourth Department – Waiver of indictment: People v. King
- Fourth Department – Speedy trial: People v. Jordan
- Fourth Department – Rosario material: People v. Dennard
- Second Circuit – Magnuson-Stevens Act: State of New York v. Raimondo
- Fourth Department – Plea: People v. Davis
- Second Circuit – Revocation of minimum sentence: Bangs v. Walter William Smith, et al.
- Fourth Department – Relation-back doctrine: CHS Inc. v. Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, et al.
- Fourth Department – Unlawful arrest: People v. Burke
- Fourth Department – Attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance: People v. Brown
- Second Circuit – Immigration: Paucar v. Garland
Law News
- N.Y. Court of Appeals reverses gun conviction
- NY board approves cannabis lawsuit settlements, paves way for retail dispensaries
- NY Court of Appeals reverses murder conviction because of illegal police search
- NY Court of Appeals reverses gun conviction over ineffective counsel
- Split court affirms gun conviction, finding search and arrest were legal
- NY appeals court vacates drug conviction over illegal police search
- Split Court of Appeals strips Police Accountability Board of disciplinary power
- Manslaughter conviction reversed after appeals court finds insufficient evidence
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