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Bausch & Lomb building renamed
The iconic building at One Bausch & Lomb Place has been renamed the Legacy Tower, Buckingham Properties and Morgan Management announced Friday. The name Legacy Tower was selected to collectively […]
Legal Aid Society’s CEO retiring
Alan S. Harris, president and CEO of the Legal Aid Society of Rochester, will retire on Nov. 30 after 37 years with the agency. A retirement dinner to honor his […]
ABW honors DA Doorley
The 2014 winners of Alternatives for Battered Women’s Champion Awards including Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley, state Sen. Joseph Robach and volunteer Dani Polidor. Awards were given out Thursday […]
Buffalo attorney sentenced for tax evasion
A Buffalo attorney who skimmed his employees’ withholding taxes was sentenced Monday to a conditional discharge and ordered to pay $21,281 in restitution. David J. Seeger, 57, the principal attorney […]
State police seek help in finding missing child
State police in Oneida County are seeking the public’s help in trying to find 2-year-old Aurora Brown who was last seen on May 25 in Oriskany Falls. Troopers believe she […]
City cooperating in investigation of employee
A Rochester 911 Center employee, Tim Scott, was scheduled to be arraigned Monday on a misdemeanor charge of forcible touching. He was arrested on Nov. 4 by the Rochester Police […]
Former fire department treasurer sentenced in theft
The former treasurer of Crystal Beach Volunteer Fire Department in Gorham was sentenced Monday in Ontario County Court for stealing more than $82,000 from the department for personal expenses and […]
Contractors settle on driveway paving claims
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office has obtained a judgment against home improvement contractors who repeatedly ripped off customers in the Southern Tier and Central New York by going door-to-door seeking […]
Conservation officer ‘Officer of the Year’
Scott Marshall, an Erie County Department of Environmental Conservation officer, has been named Officer of the Year by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association. “DEC’S environmental conservation officers […]
Law named Justinian Medal recipient
Michael R. Law, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, has been selected as the recipient of St. John Fisher College’s 2014 Justinian Medal. The annual Justinian Order Medal reception will […]
Justice foundation seeking holiday donations
The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice will launch a crowdfunding campaign on Nov. 24 in hopes of raising $250,000. The money will be used to further the foundation’s mission of […]
Health network expanding help for hearing impaired
An agreement with the Finger Lakes Health network of hospitals and healthcare facilities has been reached with the state to strengthen its policies concerning communication with patients and their family […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Probation conditions violations: People v. Relyea
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Remington
- Court of Appeals – Substitution of counsel: People v. Kelley
- Fourth Department – Due process: People v. Pulley
- Court of Appeals – Equitable estoppel: Incorporated Village of Freeport v. Freeport Plaza West LLC
- Court of Appeals – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Guerra
- Second Circuit – Death results clause: United States v. Parks
- Fourth Department – Suppression: People v. Post
- Court of Appeals – Mandated judicial retirement: Miller, et al. v. State of New York, et al.
- Fourth Department – Judicial misconduct: Pitts-Davis v. The Onondaga County DA
- Second Circuit – Property demolition: Levin, Vodka Properties LLC v. City of Buffalo
Law News
- Cybersecurity requires strategy, culture and vigilance, local experts advise
- Gun conviction reversed over illegal search
- NY appeals court grants new trial for defendant who attacked RPD officer
- NY appeals court reinstates attempted murder charge
- Harris Beach Murtha adds Boston firm Peabody & Arnold
- Attorney and law firm sanctioned for AI mistakes in court filing
- New rule requires NY judges to visit detention sites
- Split NY Court of Appeals affirms assault conviction
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